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Page 43
... Fordham . It is of the Fordhams and the related family of La Serre I propose to deal , principally , in this paper . In his History of the English Settlement thus wrote George Flower : " Clustering around the Black hills of that ...
... Fordham . It is of the Fordhams and the related family of La Serre I propose to deal , principally , in this paper . In his History of the English Settlement thus wrote George Flower : " Clustering around the Black hills of that ...
Page 44
... Fordham were amassing fortunes as successful brewers of good ale . Accompanying the Birkbeck party from England in the spring of 1817 , and constituting a part of the nucleus of the pioneer settlement , was Elias Pym Fordham , 29 years ...
... Fordham were amassing fortunes as successful brewers of good ale . Accompanying the Birkbeck party from England in the spring of 1817 , and constituting a part of the nucleus of the pioneer settlement , was Elias Pym Fordham , 29 years ...
Page 45
... Fordham did it . He knew the Indians and they regarded him as their fast friend . The steady aim of his rifle was relied upon to defend the handfull of English against the possible in- trusion of the drunken frontier ruffians who not ...
... Fordham did it . He knew the Indians and they regarded him as their fast friend . The steady aim of his rifle was relied upon to defend the handfull of English against the possible in- trusion of the drunken frontier ruffians who not ...
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... Fordham devoted his time during a number of years to technical engineering and won for himself a last- ing reputation . He was employed by the Duke of Wellington , then governor of Dover Castle and lord warden of the Cinque Ports , to ...
... Fordham devoted his time during a number of years to technical engineering and won for himself a last- ing reputation . He was employed by the Duke of Wellington , then governor of Dover Castle and lord warden of the Cinque Ports , to ...
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... Fordham trips off easily . Your own name is far better than mine . Arthur , Alfred are good old Saxon names . William is good and I think there is not a Fordham so named at present . You write that you have been trying to get into the ...
... Fordham trips off easily . Your own name is far better than mine . Arthur , Alfred are good old Saxon names . William is good and I think there is not a Fordham so named at present . You write that you have been trying to get into the ...
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