Fordham, Elias Pym
Variant namesEnglish civil engineer who at age twenty-nine (1817) emigrated to the new Birbeck colony at English Prairie in Edwards County, Illinois.
A nephew by marriage to George Flower, a co-founder with Morris Birkbeck of the agricultural settlement, Fordham surveyed colony lands and assisted in the construction of dwellings, mills, etc. He later returned to England and engaged in a successful career as a civil engineer.
From the description of Extracts from letters written, on a journey to the western parts of the United States : and during a residence in the Illinois Territory / by an English farmer, 1818. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37869667
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| creatorOf | Fordham, Elias Pym. Extracts from letters written, on a journey to the western parts of the United States : and during a residence in the Illinois Territory / by an English farmer, 1818. | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | Indiana History mss., 1725-1973 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| creatorOf | Fordham, Elias Pym. Plan of Cincinnati. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Fordham, Elias Pym. Range X, township II east of 3rd meridian. | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | (X. ff 432). 1808-1810.includes:ff. 1, 423 Thomas Waddington, Rector of Wimpole: Letters to the 3rd Lord Hardwicke 1789-1814. ff. 3,410 William Dunn Gardner: Letters to the 3rd Lord Hardwicke: 1808-1811. ff. 5, 28, 42, 53, 112 Reverend George Leona..., 1808-1810 | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Fordham, Elias Pym. [Map of Pittsburgh, 1817]. | Newberry Library |
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| associatedWith | Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825. | person |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Spence, Hubert de Lasere, | person |
| associatedWith | United States. General Land Office. | corporateBody |
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| English Prairie (Ill.) | |||
| Edwards County (Ill.) | |||
| Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | |||
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| Illinois--Edwards County | |||
| King's Lynn, Norfolk | |||
| Ohio River Valley | |||
| Edwards County (Ill.) | |||
| Illinois--Edwards County | |||
| Wimpole, Cambridgeshire | |||
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Birth 1787
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