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Letter from Heriot mentions Philip Long

Mgr. Plessis visits Long's Farm - Mention of John Long

Birth of Romain "Memen" "Mailman" Long

Key Events of 1811

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Letter from Heriot mentions Philip Long

A letter signed by Georges Heriot, Deputy Minister for the Mails, and dated December 11, 1811, mentions Philip Long. 

Mgr. Plessis visits Long's Farm - Mention of John 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" "Mailman" Long

Birth of Romain (Memen – perhaps for Mailman)  on April 8, 1811 at the Lac Temiscouata.  He was later baptized at St-Basile, NB.

Key events of 1811

History - chronology of the postal service in Canada

• Postal service to Upper Canada is such that “a courier between Montréal and Kingston, U.C., is dispatched once a fortnight throughout the year” and “a courier between Kingston and York [Toronto] is dispatched once a fortnight during the close of the navigation on Lake Ontario.”
  

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