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Contract for the sale of land between Long, Bouchette and Fraser,
dated March 18, 1818
Key Events of 1818
Additional Information
(Source : Jean-Claude Massé)
This contract for sale between Philip Long, Joseph
Bouchette, Surveyor General of Canada, and Alexander Fraser,
Seigneur of the Lake Temicousate Seigneury, probably represents the
final surrender of Philip Long to all real or perceived claims he
might have made owing to his long servie and improvements to the
land around the the Lake. Bouchette and Fraser have just
entered a partnership to create a new town at Cabano, then to be
known as Kent. This sale agreement is dated March 31,
1818. In return, Philip is promised lots 1, 2, and 3 as well
as two concessions of his choice inside the Seigneury. It is
not known which lands or concessions Philip took at that point (if
he did at all). Of course, this promise may in itself have led
future generations, starving and desperate during the Great
Depression of the early 1930's, to be believe that this represented
the famous "fortune des Long/Lang". We will never know.
In this agreement, Philip renounces all claims on the lands
surrounding the lake. IN our view, this act actually closes
the chapter of the Fortune des Long/Lang since it seems to us that
the valuable lands would have been around the lake, not in some
unknown part of the Seigneury.
Full
text of the contract of sale
Little known fact - Bouchette produced a map in later years of
the region that actually shows the Town of Kent in the place where
Cabano now is located.
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