Philip Long and his family are asked to settle at the northern edge of Lake Temiscouata in July of 1809.  He is posted there under the orders of the Postmaster General (Finlay) and Governor Craig.  This information comes to us through a letter later written by the Governor General, Georges Heriot in 1811.  Birth of Georges Long on December 26, 1809.  He was born at Lake Temiscouata and baptized in St-Basile, New Brunswick.

There are no records for this year.

A letter signed by Georges Heriot, Deputy Minister for the Mails, and dated December 11, 1811 mentions Philip Long.  Mgr. Plessis and his group visit and stay the night on September 10, 1811 at Long’s Farm at the Lac Temiscouata.  Birth of Romain (Memen – perhaps for Mailman)  on April 8, 1811 at the Lac Temiscouata.  He was later baptized at St-Basile, NB.

Visit from Joseph Bouchette, Surveyor General for Canada.  This trip led to his lithograph of Long’s Farm which he included in his book on page 556 on the Topography of Canada published in 1815.   A terrible crop year descended on the Long family in Lake Temiscouata and Philip found himself writing a letter seeking help from Governor General Drummond, a man he says he knew.  It is likely he met him when Sherbrooke was the commander of the newly created regiment after the landings in Saint-John in 1783.  

Marriage between Marie-Judith Long and Jacques Bezeau on May 9, 1815 at the Notre Dame de Quebec Cathedral.

Bill of sale between Philip Long and Joseph Bouchette, Surveyor General of Canada and Alexander Fraser, Seigneur of Lac Temiscouata, for all interests in the lands occupied and developed by Philip on the shores of Lake Temiscouata.  Bouchette and Fraser were aiming to develop the lands into a new town (Kent) on the edge of the lake (today called Cabano).  In return, Philip Long received lots 1, 2 and 3 as well as two concessions of his choice within the Seigneurie of Lake Temiscouata.  In this bill of sale, Philip Long renounces forever all and any rights he might have had on any lands around the lake.  This bill of sale should have ended most of the claims made during the Long-Lang fortune hunt. (source: Jean-Claude Massé).

The State of Maine is detached from the State of Massachusetts. 

Birth of Michel Long on September 29, 1820 at Lake Temiscouata.

A report on military pensioners by Major Elliott indicates that Philip Long was still living at the head of Lake Temiscouata in 1823, and that the land he had inhabited and cultivated had been granted to him by the Deputy Minister of the Post.  At page 126 of his report, it indicates that Baptiste Long, son of Philip Long, was hired as guide and “axe-man” for a few days and that a canoe was rented “from Long’s to Madawaska and back again’ for the sum of 1£10s.  On page 157, a description of the farmers and inhabitants between Riviere-du-Loup and P‘tit Sault (Edmundston, NB) includes a reference to Philip Long’s son in law, Pierre Matelot, married to Constance Long.  (Source: Benoît Long).  Other documents from Major Elliott have some interest for Philip Long’s descendants. 

A letter  from Elliott to request that Samuel Payne’s pension be given to his widow.  Payne seems to have played the same role as Long but at Green River, NB.  Long’s name is mentioned explicitly and with reference to the state of Philip Long’s existence, an existence Elliott found to be miserable. 

A letter from Alexander Fraser to Major Elliott in response to his report relinquishing his rights as ‘Seigneur‘ to 100 acres of land for settlers to render courier work easier. 

A letter to Colonel Darling from Alexander Fraser where he describes the farmers around the Lake Temicouata area.  Here is the quote on Long: “ Philip Long is not I suppose considered a settler he is placed here by the postmaster general “

Letter dated on January 5, 1827, from Philip Long to Alexander Fraser where Long asks Fraser to advance some money to merchants in Canada (Province of Quebec today) as partial payment owed to Joseph Michaud.  This letter indicates that Philip Long had sold his property to Fraser some time prior to this letter.  (Source: Jean-Claude Massé).  Second marriage of Constance Long-Beaudry to Antoine Arton on October 8, 1827 at St-Basile, New Brunswick.