1783-1784 Arrival in Saint-John, New Brunswick along with tens of thousands of other Loyalists Granting of two acres of land to Philip Long in Fredericton Hugh Finlay is appointed Deputy Postmaster General of the Province of Canada in North America on 7 July. 1785 A Post Office is established in Fredericton, New Brunswick. 1786 Memorial on behalf of Captain Isaac Attwood for possession of an island at Woodstock; Philip Long signed the document along with 36 other members of the KAR 1787 Grant of two hundred acres of land to Philip Long near Canterbury, New Brunswick. A mail service is established between Saint John and Fredericton, New Brunswick. 1788 Following a trip through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Hugh Finlay, at the request of Lord Dorchester, Governor of Quebec, reports on the state of the roads and postal service between Québec and Halifax. On 5 April 1788, Finlay is rewarded with a new commission appointing him Deputy Postmaster General of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and, beginning in March 1788, the General Post Office arranges for packet boats running between Falmouth, England, and New York to stop at Halifax. 1789   1790   1791

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