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Indenture between His Grace John, Duke of Argyll & Greenwich, Master-General of HM Ordance, and John Easson, Carpenter

Providing supplies to Easson "for his use in his Passage & at Annapolis Royal: "Flock Bedd and Bolster, Blankett, Sheets and Coverlett."

Date: 28 May 1734

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/1


Letter, W. Bogdani, Tower of London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 21 January 1743

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/2

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Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 29 August 1749

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/3


Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Discussing Easson's account with William Bogdani, his pay, and business with Box & Austin.

Date: 29 August 1749

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/4

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Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 22 September 1749

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/4


Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 17 July 1751

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/5


Account, John Easson, Annapolis Royal, with Thomas Lane, London

Records a charge to Easson of £271-0-9 "shipd of the Lark and cargo for Boston consigned Messrs Box & Austin" and £81 to B. Hallowell.

Date: 31 December 1751

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/11


Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 19 February 1752

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/6


Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 19 February 1752

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/7


Account, John Easson with William Bogdani

10 October 1751 to 3 February 1752 with balance due Easson of £133-10-5.

Date: 29 March 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/14


Letter, John Avery to Francis Johonnot

Giving an opinion regarding insurance liability on the sloop Wren and cargo, which was lost in 1751 and not properly insured. Easson was a partner in Dyson & Company, the company that owned the cargo. Avery concluded that "Captain Mauger" ought to share in the loss sustained by his failure to obtain insurance through the proper channels. Undated but ca.1753-54.

Date: ca.1753-54

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/21

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Letter, Lane & Booth to John Easson

"I am sorry to find you have been so much harassed by the French this last Winter and that you are so great a sufferer by their depredations. However we Flatter our Selves you'l be Releived on the Arrival of Lord Loudon…". Partial letter, undated but ca.1753-54.

Date: ca.1753-54

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/22

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Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Replying to a letter from Easson dated 17 November, regarding trade and Easson's account with him; sent via Samuel Austin, Boston.

Date: 10 March 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/17

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Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Regarding Easson's salary, accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 10 March 1753

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/8


"Sundry Paragraphs out of Mr. Joshua Mauger's Letters ..."

"... Relating to the Insurance of the sloop Wren and Cargo." Signed and attested to by William Davidson, bookeeper and clerk to Dyson & Company, 15 April 1754, before J. Handfield, J.P. Extracts are from letters to Major Philipps and cover period 16 March 1750 to 26 December 1753.

Date: 15 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/20


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