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Deed of Conveyance, Henry Newton, Esq., and wife Charlotte, Halifax, to David Easson, Annapolis
Sale of about seven acres of cleared upland on the road to Mayor's Hill, eight acres of marshland "under the Blockhouse" at Allen's Creek, and a one-hundred acre woodlot at the Cape, all for £23-6-8.
Date: 14 April 1777
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/105
Indenture, executors of the estate of the late Thomas Easson, Annapolis Royal, to Jesse Hoyt, Halifax, Telegraph operator
Conveying seven tracts of land belonging to said estate to Hoyt, for $4100; executors identified as Stephen Payson and Sarah Ann Easson.
Date: 12 February 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/91
Indenture, Jesse Hoyt, Halifax, Superintendent of Telegraph Company, to the executors of the estate of the late Thomas Easson
Mortgage, $2800, for seven tracts of land in Annapolis Township.
Date: 12 February 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/92
Indenture, Lewis Bliss, London, England, to Thomas Easson
Conveying 565 acres, Lot No. 3, Annapolis Township, being a part of land previously granted to Thomas Williams and others; for £s;41.
Date: 22 March 1858
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/83
Letter from Joshua Mauger, Halifax
letter is fragile and has been fastened together in places. No image available for this item.
Date: 10 March 1752
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/13
Letter to "Mr. Hallowell"
Refering to a wood contract and the need to procure a larger vessel capable of carrying 50 to 55 cords per voyage, between April and October.
Date: 24 September 1754
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/35
Letter, W.C. Wilkie, Halifax, to Elizabeth Easson
Enclosing the indenture signed by William Easson, Jamaica.
Date: 20 February 1802
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/63
Letter, Alfred Whitman to Alexander Easson
Requesting that Easson settle his account, as Whitman is about to go to Halifax and needs all the funds he can obtain.
Date: 19 June 1845
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/269.7
Letter, Duke of Newcastle, London, to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, the Earl of Mulgrave
Concerning memorials forwarded from Nova Scotia, requesting Imperial Government support for the Atlantic Telegraph Company. (Copy)
Date: 20 May 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/93
Letter, G. Van Felson to Jesse Hoyt
From Clerk to the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, Quebec, investigating the recent loss of the vessels Indian and Hungarian, thanking Hoyt in Halifax for a letter enclosing newspaper coverage of the disasters.
Date: 9 April 1860
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/86
Letter, H.H. Cogswell, Halifax, to John Lunn
Requesting Lunn to secure payment from David Easson on a promissory note for £17 issued by David Easson and John T. Fisher to Mr. Grant.
Date: 20 February 1803
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/187
Letter, H.H. Cogswell, Halifax, to T. Ritchie
Enclosing the Commission appointing Mrs. Easson guardian of her children and charging Ritchie the fees (3 guineas).
Date: 8 June 1813
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/204
Letter, Isaac Ross, London, to David Easson
Disputing the satisfactory completion of a contract to supply timber carried on Ross's ship, Adamson master.
Date: 19 March 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/27
Letter, John Carter to Alexander Easson
Personal news; Carter is about to sail for Halifax and will continue looking there for two suitable dogs for Easson.
Date: 3 August 1826
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/224
Letter, John Carter, Halifax, to Alexander Easson
Personal news, including the continuing search for three or four dogs suitable for Easson's moose-hunting. Gives his regards to the Easson family and other friends at Annapolis.
Date: 26 October 1826
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/225