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Account, William Graves with John Easson
For grain, hay, shoes and dry goods.
Date: n.d.
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/24
Acount, John Easton with Richard Billings, Junior, Boston
For making a coat and waistcoat.
Date: 16 April 1774
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/12
Arbitration Bond, Joshua Mauger to Dyson & Co.
Wherein he is to pay £500 to Daniel Dyson, Erasmus James Philipps and John Easson for insurance that was to have been placed on sloop Wren, lost on a voyage from Annapolis Royal to Antigua. Witnessed by Joseph Deschamps and Michael Francklin.
Date: 29 April 1754
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/25
"Articles in account Sent by Messrs. Dyson & Co. which Differ from mine"
Explanations and details of various charges; mention of a sloop upsetting at Chignectou [Chignecto], various individuals such as Sylvanus Cobb and Captain St. Loe; and insurance on the sloop Wren. Document may have been prepared by Joshua Mauger. [piece missing]
Date: 1751
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/8
"Copies of Mr. Anthony Costaign's letters to us"
Four-page document containing synopsis of business dealings with Anthony Castaing in Louisbourg. Louisbourg, 19 May 1754: a schooner had been sold by the Indians, so he [Castaing] had no vessel to send wine, rum, and molasses [prohibited trade] but he requested that horses, boards, moose skins, hand barrows and shovels be sent to him. 14 August 1754: difficulties regarding disposition of the vessel and its cargo. 7 September 1754: Castaing has been unable to sell the vessel, which has gone on to Boston, loaded with additional goods; nor has he been able to sell the horses and building material, since work on the fortifications has not yet begun. 7 September 1754: unable to sell the sloop at the price asked and it goes to Boston; number of vessels come from New England to be sold, only one horse sold. Invoice enclosed for goods loaded on the sloop and consigned to Mr. Ben Hallowell, Boston. King's work not yet begun is reason for no sales. (two small pieces missing.)
Date: 7 September 1754
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/34
Copy of letter, John Easson to Francis Johonnot
Concerning Easson's unsettled account and the deaths of Major Phillips and Daniel Dyson. Account was sent to Halifax for attornies to settle. Easson offers £100 in full settlement.
Date: 8 July 1766
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/66
Invoice for men's and women's shoes
Receipt of goods from Winter Calef and agreement to split net proceeds after disposal in Cumberland; acknowledged by Isaac Danks, Boston.
Date: 22 April 1771
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/75
"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by Benjamin Hallowell"
Pork, sugar and molasses, shipped on the schooner Lawrence "on Account and Risque" of John Easson, Annapolis Royal.
Date: 19 November 1754
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/3
Invoice, Joseph Webb, Boston, to John Easson
Bill for various goods purchased from Webb, total of £5-0-0.
Date: 25 August 1773
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/86
Letter of Permission, General Sir Thomas Gage, Boston
Letter signed by Gage, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief over His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay, and Vice Admiral of the same, authorizing the sloop Jenny, George Mitchell, master, to take on barrels, rum, and sugar for Annapolis Royal and St. Mary's Bay, and to return with stock and fuel for the use of the garrison at Boston.
Date: 27 September 1775
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/97
Letter to "Doctor John Wright"
Combined letter and account for goods, including a charge of £3-3-9 for "Sole Leather".
Date: 1751
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/7
Letter to "Monsieur Castine"
In response to Castaing's letter of 17 August. Possibly written by Daniel Dyson.
Date: after 17 August 1754
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/33
Letter, B. Hallowell, Boston, to Dyson & Easson
Preparing for a new season of trade, but "we have an embargo that no vessel shall sail before the 15th of next month."
Date: 25 February 1755
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/40
Letter, Benjamin Hallowell, Boston, to Dyson & Easson
A lengthy letter regarding recent business dealings and items disputed by Dyson and Easson, including the sale of beaver pelts, the sloop Dove, damaged goods, etc. Very instructive regarding colonial trade, commerce and mercantile relationships.
Date: 9 November 1757
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/52
Letter, George Saward, Secretary, Atlantic Telegraph Company, London, to Jesse Hoyt
Concerning the Imperial Government's reluctance to invest directly in the proposed Atlantic telegraph cable.
Date: 27 June 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/94