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- GLC#
- GLC00191
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 18, 1773
- Author/Creator
- Easson, John, 1715-1790
- Title
- to David Easson
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
Discusses various business matters and give instructions to his son in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Provides a brief account of the Boston Tea Party and advises David to take good care of any remaining tea he has, since there will be no more forthcoming. Written from the commonsense perspective of a man in commerce worried about losses from rowdy Bostonians. Easson was a Boston merchant.
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