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This section of the site contains all relevant correspondence or reports
that mention specifically or indirectly Philip Long, his family or his
career. We wish to thank the excellent transcription work by Carmen
Long, and the precious help from her sister Doris in making
these documents available on line. Their work has
heightened the quality of the site and will allow generations of
Longs to appreciate the lives of our common ancestors.
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1811
1814
1815
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Letter
from
Philip Long to Lord Drummond, November 10, 1815.
- Philip and his family were in
distress after the frost had destroyed the harvest and
grains in storage. He writes to the Governor
General begging his intervention so that his family
could receive emergency supplies. The response was
positive, and Philip and his family received one barrel
of pork and one barrel of flour.
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Letter from Charles Foster, Military Secretary, to William
Henry Robinson, Esquire, Commissary General, November 20,
1815, Quebec City.
- This letter references the favourable
response to Philip Long's urgent request for aid.
1816
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Letter
from George Heriot, Deputy Minister to the Post Office for
Lower Canada, to Lieutenant-Colonel Addison, Military
Secretary, July 31, 1816, at Quebec City.
- This letter is precious because we
learn from Heriot's own hand that Philip Long had lost
an eye in the service (we presume military service).
There is no mention of the circumstances of this
accident. No further information is available to
tell more about the incident that caused such a
handicap.
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Declaration
by François Robichaud concerning the accusations against Philip Long
on the alleged delay of the English Mails, October 29, 1816,
at Rivière du
Loup. Witness: Joseph Robichaud. Source: RG8, C
Series, Vol. 622, page 166, reel C-3158.
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Declaration
by Henry Tardie
concerning
the accusations against Philip Long on the alleged delay of
the English Mails, October 29, 1816, at Rivière du
Loup.
Witness Joseph Robichaud. Source: RG8, C
Series, Vol. 622, page 167, reel C-3158.
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Declaration
by Charles
Beaulieu
concerning
the accusations against Philip Long on the alleged delay of
the English Mails, October 29, 1816, at Rivière du
Loup.
Witness Joseph Robichaud. Source: RG8, C
Series, Vol. 622, page 167, reel C-3158.
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Letter
from Philip Long to Lord Sherbrooke, September 4, 1816, at
Lake
Temiscouata.
- Philip Long defends himself against a
number of accusations against him, with respect to
having detained the Mails and having refused to
transport certain provisions belonging to other
colonists. These accusations were assessed by the
most senior personnel in the Post Office and were found
groundless.
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Letter from Colonel Addison,
Military Secretary, to H. Cowan, Esquire, Deputy Minister of
the Post Office for Quebec, October 10, 1816, at Quebec
City.
- This letter from Addison contains
comments on the reputation of our ancestor. It is
mentioned that he had always had a conduct beyond
reproach.
- Letter by Andrew McPhair, Deputy Minister of the Post
Office for Fredericton, to H. Y. Cowan, Deputy Minster of
the Post Office for Quebec, October
31, 1816.
- This letter again defends Philip
Long's character. Cowan indicates that for all the
years that he has known Long, he would not believe him
capable of such a misstep.
1823
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Letter by Major Elliott
to the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor General, August 10, 1823,
Quebec City.
- Major Elliott writes a report of his
trip along the eastern mail route. It includes a
listing of his expenses, including the cost of renting a
canoe at Long's landing, and the fact that jean-Baptiste
Long, son of Philip, was hired as a guide and axe man.
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Letter from Alexander Fraser to Colonel Darling,
Military Secretary, September 21, 1823, from lake
Temiscouata.
- We learn from this letter that Fraser
had accepted to receive, on their behalf, the payments
to pensioners directly. Fraser makes the list of
those soldiers stationed along the Portage, and mentions
that Philip Long should not probably considered a
pensioner like the others since he had been placed there
by Sir James H. Craig personally.
1826
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Letter from Peter Durquand,
Commissary General, January 16, 1826, Quebec City, to colonel Darling,
Military Secretary.
- This letter tells us that Durquand
needed authority to continue to make the payments to
Long of his salary, and this for the whole year, and
that William Belanger, Deputy Minster of the Post
Office, had been receiving this salary on Long's behalf
since Heriot had left his position.
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Letter from Alexander Fraser to colonel Darling,
Military Secretary, January 16, 1826 at Quebec City.
1827
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Letter from Philip Long to Colonel Alexander Fraser,
January 5, 1827, at lake Temiscouata.
- We find out in this letter that
Philip owed a certain amount of money to Joseph Michaud,
and that he was requesting Alexander Fraser to give
Michaud a note for this amount that would be redeemable
for merchandise with certain merchants in Canada.
WE also find out that Philip had actually sold all of
his lands to Fraser, and that Philip was to receive some
money from that sale over the course of the next two
years. Even without documentation, we can safely
assume that the sale of this land had taken place
between 1825-1826 at the latest.
1829
- Letter from Ralphson (?), O L, to Colonel Darling,
Military Secretary, January 6, 1829, from the Ordnances
offices at Quebec City.
- This letter does not contain any
references to Long but it does have some captivating
details about an administrative error that had led to
twenty pairs of socks missing from the latest delivery
of provisions to the settlers along the route of the
Portage.
We wish to thank the excellent transcription work by Carmen
Long, and the precious help from her sister Doris in making
these documents available on line. Their work has
heightened the quality of the site and will allow generations of
Longs to appreciate the lives of our common ancestors.
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