|
Howard W. Gunlocke (C '34) Rare Book and
Special Collections Room
October - December 31, 2006
This exhibit highlights the contributions to American
history made by the family of James Ord, who entered
Georgetown College as a student in 1800. Many Ord family
members have attended Georgetown University in the more
than 200 years since James Ord studied here. While touching
on the lives of various Ords, the materials in this exhibit
particularly feature the experiences of James Ord, who
was reputed to be the son of Mrs. Fitzherbert, the wife
of King George IV of England; E.O.C. Ord I, best known
as a Union officer in the American Civil War; and E.O.C.
Ord II, a longtime soldier and a veteran of the Spanish-American
War. In addition, documents relating to other family
members are included in this display. The Ord family
has a long and distinguished history, and its intersection
with Georgetown University provides an interesting vantage
point from which to view American history. Thanks to
the generosity of Ords and other individuals, especially
Marian Ord and Edward W. Hutchinson and Judith L. Hutchinson,
who donated portions of the Ord Family Papers to our
institution, Georgetown University has a fine collection
documenting the family’s fascinating history.
Scott S. Taylor
Manuscripts Processor
Georgetown University Library
Maria Fitzherbert (1756-1837), a Roman Catholic, was
considered by many to be the wife of King George IV of
England. After the death of her second husband Thomas
Fitzherbert in 1781, she became a well connected socialite
in London social circles. Mrs. Fitzherbert became romantically
involved with the Prince of Wales, soon to be King George
IV. On December 15, 1785, the two were married in a secret
ceremony by Reverend R. Burt of the Church of England.
The marriage was not recognized by some who pointed to
the Act of Settlement of 1689 which prohibited marriage
by an English royal to a Roman Catholic and the Royal
Marriage Act of 1772 which required the king’s
sanction on any royal marriage. The couple allegedly
had two daughters and a son. The son was thought to have
been sent to Spain and then to America in the care of
the Ord family. That son was reputed to be James Ord.
The two daughters were thought to be Mrs. Fitzherbert’s “adopted” daughters:
Minney Seymour and Maryanne Smythe. George
IV (1762-1830) served as regent from 1811 to 1820 and
as king from 1820
to 1830.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Autograph Letter Signed dated 12/20/1816
from the Duke of Kent to Mrs. Fitzherbert,
noting that it had been four months since he
left England and recounting
his extensive travels on the European
continent. Sent from Brussels. Edward Augustus
(1767-1820), the Duke
of Kent and Strathern, the brother
of King George IV, was the fourth son of King
George III and the father
of Queen Victoria. Sir
Shane Leslie Papers: Box 66 Folder 6. The Sir Shane
Leslie Papers were acquired from Lady
Leslie.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Autograph Letter Signed dated 8/23/1831
from Minney Seymour, the “adopted” daughter
of Mrs. Fitzherbert, to her mother Mrs. Fitzherbert,
reporting recent social events and inquiring about
her mother’s rheumatism. Addressed to “My
dearest Mama.” Several original letters to Mrs.
Fitzherbert are tipped-in to this copy
of the book Sir Shane Leslie authored,
Mrs. Fitzherbert: A Life
Chiefly from Unpublished Sources (London:
Burns Oates, 1939). This was his own
copy. Minney Seymour was the
mother of Constance Dawson-Damer, who
married Sir John Leslie. Lady Leslie
was, in turn, the mother of noted
Catholic author Sir Shane Leslie. Thus,
the grandmother of Sir Shane Leslie
was believed to have been a daughter
of Mrs. Fitzherbert and supposedly a
sister of James Ord. Sir Shane Leslie Papers: Box 66 Folder 2
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Painting (reproduction) of Mrs. Fitzherbert
by Thomas Gainsborough. California
Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San
Francisco.
Sir Shane Leslie Papers: Box 66 Folder 8
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Sir Shane Leslie. Mrs. Fitzherbert:
A Life Chiefly from
Unpublished Sources (New York:Benzinger,
1939).
Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division
Call Number 94A449
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Sir Shane Leslie. The Letters of Mrs.
Fitzherbert and Connected
Papers: Being the Second Volume of the
Life of Mrs.
Fitzherbert (London: Burns Oates, 1940).
There are
manuscripts inserted into this copy, which
was Sir Shane
Leslie’s copy.
Sir Shane Leslie Papers: Box 66 Folder 6
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Anita Leslie. Mrs. Fitzherbert (New
York: Scribner, 1960).
Georgetown University Library Call Number DA538.F5 L38
1960a
James Ord (1786-1873) entered Georgetown College as
a student in 1800. He was reputed to be
the son of Mrs. Fitzherbert, the wife
of King George IV of England. After
emigrating to America, Ord worked first
near Norfolk, Virginia as a ship builder,
next in Charles County, Maryland
in ship construction, and then on a farm
outside of Washington, D.C. He joined
the Society of Jesus in 1806 but left
the order in 1811. Soon thereafter, Ord
joined the Navy, but he served in the
infantry during the War of 1812.
Ord lived in Allegheny County, Maryland
from 1815 to 1819, in Washington, D.C.
from 1819 to 1837, in Sault
Sainte Marie, Michigan in the mid-1800s,
and in California after 1855. James Ord
died in 1873.
James Ord
Georgetown College Tuition Ledger Entry
(Reproduction) for James Ord, dated 1800.
This portion of the ledger lists Ord’s expenses
in the year 1800.
Georgetown University Archives
James Ord
Photograph of a Painting of James Ord.
The painting was done circa 1840 by
Frank B. Mayer after William Garl Brown. Oil on canvas. The frame
dimension is 36.5” x 32”. The painting
was donated to Georgetown University by Ord’s
son Pacificus Ord. The painting hangs
in the Philodemic Room in Healy Hall
of Georgetown University, and it
is cared for as part of the Georgetown
University Art Collection.
James Ord to James Placidus Ord (Son of James Ord & Rebecca
Ruth Cresap Ord)
Autograph Letter Signed dated 10/27/1843
from James Ord to his son J. Placidus, addressed from
Sault St. Marie, Mich., to Wisconsin. The letter discusses
family news and encourages Placy in his endeavors. It
includes references to life at the Sault: "It is
thought that the Sault next year will be quite a stirring
place as the mines are attracting strangers from all
quarters." The letter also describes life on the
family farm there: the livestock and produce.
Ord Family Papers: Part 1: Box 2 Folder
2
James Ord to James Lycurgus Ord (Son
of James Ord & Rebecca Ruth Cresap
Ord)
Autograph Letter Signed dated 11/22/1847
from James Ord to his son James Lycurgus
Ord, surgeon with the U.S. Army 3rd Artillery,
regarding family news, Sault Sainte Marie
social life and economic life, and advice
on what to do should he meet a grizzly
bear. Sent from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
to Monterey, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 3: Box 1 Folder 1
James Ord to
James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 3/2/1850
from James Ord to his son James Lycurgus
Ord, regarding James Lycurgus Ord's candidacy for member
of Congress,
the possibility of California joining
the Union, and family news. Sent from Sault Sainte
Marie, Michigan
to Monterey, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 3: Box 1 Folder 4
James Ord to
James Placidus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed (minus fragment
torn from p.3) dated from Washington,
D.C. 6/7/1850. The letter gives news that John Stephen
is attending
Georgetown College and Georgiana is
attending the academy of the Convent of the Visitation
(present-day: Georgetown
Visitation Preparatory School, Washington,
D.C.)
Ord Family Papers: Part 1: Box 2 Folder 15
James Ord
to James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 2/2/1852
from James Ord to his son James Lycurgus
Ord, regarding a ranch in Sacramento, family news,
reference to E.O.C.
Ord I, James' land bounty for War
of 1812 services, Edward's land bounty for Mexican
War services, and
James' plans to move to California.
Sent from Washington, D.C. to Monterey, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 3: Box 1 Fold 13
James Ord
Autograph Manuscript: "Early Recollections of James
Ord, late Lieut., War of 1812." Written in pencil
by Georgiana Catherine Ord Holladay (his daughter) "from
his lips" on 2/16/1866 in San Francisco. Later overwritten
to preserve in ink by E.O.C. Ord II in
1891.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 14 Folder 6
James Ord
Undated photograph of James Ord taken
by W. Kurtz, photographer.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folder 31
E.O.C. Ord
I to James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 2/4/1873
from E.O.C. Ord I to his brother James
Lycurgus Ord, reporting the death of their father James
Ord. Sent
from Headquarters, Department of the
Platte, Omaha, Nebraska.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 28
Mary Ord Preston,
Memoranda Concerning James Ord, Who
Died January 25th, 1873, By His Granddaughter,
Mary Ord
Preston (Washington, D.C., 1896) [Call
#: 90A469]
E.O.C.
Ord I (Edward Otho Cresap Ord) (1818-1883)
was born near Cumberland, Maryland on
October 18, 1818, the son of James Ord
and Rebecca Ruth (Cresap) Ord. After
receiving a West Point appointment from
the District of Columbia, Ord graduated
from the military academy
in 1839. Prior to the American Civil War,
he served in the Mexican War in California
and the American Indian
Wars. On October 14, 1854, he married
Mary Mercer Thompson. Ord saw extensive
action as a Union officer in the Civil
War, most significantly as commander in
one of the North’s
earliest victories at Dranesville, Virginia; as a prominent
participant in the siege of Vicksburg; and as a major
force in the final drive against Petersburg and Richmond
that culminated in Robert E. Lee’s surrender at
Appomattox Court House. After the war,
Ord commanded the departments of Arkansas,
California, Texas, and the
Platte. In 1881, he retired from the army.
E.O.C. Ord I died in Cuba in 1883. He
is buried in Arlington National
Cemetery.
E.O.C. Ord I to James Placidus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 10/7/1837
to James Placidus Ord from his brother
E.O.C. Ord I. Written at West Point, New York,
to J. Placidus in
Sault St. Marie, Michigan. The letter
primarily concerns Edward's request for "very desirable blankets,
Buffalo moccasins, etc.," and a visit to Niagara
Falls, "...you would have a better idea of it
if you could imagine the bed of the
Potomac to sink suddenly 200 feet..."
Ord Family Papers: Part 1: Box 1 Folder 19
E.O.C. Ord
I to James Placidus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 2/27/1845
to James Placidus Ord in Sault St. Marie,
Michigan, from his brother E.O.C. Ord
I, writing from Fort McHenry,
Maryland. The letter concerns employment
prospects for their brother Robert Brent
Ord. Edward mentions having
recommended Robert to John Charles Fremont
(1813-1890), the explorer and army officer,
who was about to start
an expedition to California; however, "Fremont told
[him] that his party about 30 strong was
made up of trappers, hunters and mountaineers, men who
could find as well
as defend themselves as they traveled,
that no escort of troops was wanted..."
Ord Family Papers: Part 1: Box 1 Folder 23
E.O.C. Ord
I to James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed from E.O.C. Ord
I to his brother James Lycurgus Ord,
providing a vivid glimpse of life in California prior to the gold rush.
The letter includes references to leaving
on the ship "Natalie" to
raise recruits at Salt Lake [City],
army officer and acting governor of California (1847-1849) Richard B.
Mason, army activities in northern Mexico,
description of Santa Cruz [California], and Ord's regiment during
the Mexican War. Sent from Monterey,
California to Santa Barbara, California. Dated 2/23/1848. During
the Mexican War, which ended 2/1848,
E.O.C. Ord I served garrison duty in Monterey, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 1
E.O.C. Ord
I to James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed (with envelope)
dated 6/14/1848 from E.O.C. Ord I
to his brother James Lycurgus Ord, regarding a proposed
treaty between the
U.S. and Mexico. The letter mentions
American military officer Winfield Scott being tired
of the court of
inquiry. In other matters, the letter
makes reference to the 1848 Revolution in France, French
King Louis
Philippe, U.S. army officer Gideon
J. Pillow, and U.S. military figure Henry Wager Halleck.
The letter also
mentions that William T. Sherman,
U.S. army officer and friend of E.O.C. Ord I, is leaving
for the gold
region. Sent to Santa Barbara, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder
5
E.O.C. Ord I to James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 6/29/1848
from E.O.C. Ord I to his brother James
Lycurgus Ord, describing the California gold rush.
The letter includes
references to U.S. army officer William
T. Sherman. Ord states that many are leaving Monterey,
California
to prospect for gold and mentions
that farmers near Sutter's Mill, the famous site
associated with the
California gold rush, are reaping
rewards. The letter again refers to U.S. army officer
Henry Wager Halleck.
Sent from Monterey, California to Santa
Barbara, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 7
E.O.C. Ord
I to James Lycurgus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 8/23/1848
from E.O.C. Ord I to his brother James
Lycurgus Ord, vividly describing a recent visit to
the heart of the
California gold rush. Ord refers to
Sutter's Mill and U.S. army officer William T. Sherman.
Sent from Monterey,
California to Santa Barbara, California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 9
E.O.C. Ord
I
Undated Autograph Manuscript (in French)
labeled in pencil as "Memoir of Genl [Edward Otho
Cresap] Ord [1818-1883] in French." The document
is a biographical sketch of Ord, not
a memoir.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 42
E.O.C. Ord
I to James Placidus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 4/19/1846
to James Placidus Ord in the Michigan
legislature from his brother E.O.C. Ord I writing from Philadelphia. The
letter concerns the college prospects
of their younger brothers William Marcellus (also known as "Marcy")
and "Jack" (possibly, John Stephen). Commenting
on Georgetown College, Edward writes, "I think that
Georgetown College is one of the most
expensive institutions in the United States,
tis too far south, and the schooling
is in my opinion too much on the Classic
style for our utilitarian and go ahead
Americans. A boy at Georgetown
is bound for 3 or 4 years to Latin, Greek,
etc., which, unless he is destined for
Law, Medicine or Divinity is
about as useful to him as so much Sanscrit.
To teach a young man to be an engineer,
surveyor, draughtsman, tolerable mathematician, chemist
or good
English scholar
and composer is of far more use than all
the obsolete ideas that dead men have
ever expressed in languages
which ought to have been buried with them. ”
Ord Family Papers: Part 1: Box 1 Folder 28
Bernarr Cresap, Appomattox Commander: The Story of General
E.O.C. Ord (S. Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes,
1981) [Call #:
02A265]
James Lycurgus Ord to E.O.C. Ord I
Autograph Letter Signed dated 9/25/1865
from James Lycurgus Ord to his brother
E.O.C. Ord I, acknowledging receipt of a newspaper
article about
E.O.C. Ord I’s tour in Lake Superior Country.
The letter discusses James Lycurgus' living in various
parts of the United States and refers to James Lycurgus
spending time in his youth at the "old agency
house" in Sault Sainte Marie. Ord says that he
has not seen American military leader
Henry Wager Halleck in California. He
also speculates on E.O.C. Ord I's
chances of getting a Major Generalship
and of Ord's successes during the Civil
War, with reference to heading
off Confederate general Robert E. Lee
when Union general Philip H. Sheridan's
lines had been driven in. Sent
from Santa Barbara, California to Detroit,
Michigan.
Ord Family Papers: Part 3: Box 1 Folder 31
 E.O.C. Ord
I
Portrait Photograph of Edward Otho Cresap
Ord I in military uniform, circa 1861-1865.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folder 16
Cecil Clay
to E.O.C. Ord I
Autograph Letter Signed dated 1/28/1880
from American Civil War veteran Cecil
Clay to E.O.C. Ord I, praising the 58th Pennsylvania
regiment and
inviting Ord to write Civil War recollections.
Sent from Washington, D.C.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 30
William T.
Sherman & S. B. Maxey
Typed Transcript of letter dated 12/20/1880
from Senator S. B. Maxey, of the Senate
Military Committee, to General William T. Sherman, Commanding U.S. Army,
regarding Senate bill 1922 for the
relief of Brigadier General & Brevet Major-General
E.O.C. Ord I; sent from U.S. Senate Chamber, Washington,
D.C. Also, Typed Transcript of letter in reply from Sherman to Maxey
dated 12/21/1880, praising Ord at
length;
sent from Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Square, N.Y. A handwritten
note [presumably dated 1936] by Eleanor
Sherman Fitch relates that the letters were copied from newspaper
articles in a scrap book.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 31
Vicksburg
National Military Park
Typed Letter Signed dated 8/15/1941
from James R. McConaghie, Superintendent of Vicksburg
National
Military Park, to Ellen Frances Ord,
of the American Association of University Women, transcribing
the inscription
of a statue of E.O.C. Ord I in Vicksburg
National Military Park and offering to assist her with
a biography on
General Ord.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 35
E.O.C. Ord
I
Undated photograph of E.O.C. Ord I taken
by Mathew Brady’s National Photographic Portrait
Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, D.C.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 47
E.O.C. Ord
I
Photograph: "Capt., later Major General Edward Otho
Cresap Ord, standing, Georgiana Catherine Ord, and Dr.
James Lycurgus Ord. brothers & sister. Taken, probably
in Washington, D.C. 1851. "
Ord Family Papers: Box 20 Folder 17
E.O.C. Ord I
Photograph (xerox copy): "Maj. General E.O.C. Ord,
U.S.A. standing by the marble table upon which General
Grant and General Lee signed The Surrender at Appomattox,
Va. April 10, 1865." The photo was taken at the
Jefferson Davis Mansion, Richmond, Virginia.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folder 18
E.O.C. Ord
I
Undated Photograph of statue of E.O.C.
Ord I.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folder 19
E.O.C. Ord II (Edward Otho Cresap Ord II) (1858-1923),
the son of E.O.C. Ord I and Mary Mercer
(Thompson) Ord, was born on November 9, 1858, at Benicia
Barracks, California.
After attending public schools in San
Francisco and Omaha, he was appointed to the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1876, only
to withdraw a year later. In 1879, however,
Ord became a second lieutenant in the 22nd infantry.
He soon saw
action in the American Indian campaign
in Texas and the campaign against Sitting Bull. His 22nd
infantry was
among the first American troops to enter
Cuba in the Spanish-American war in 1898, and his unit
experienced
heavy fighting. Following duty suppressing
a rebellion in the Philippines, Ord retired from the
army on account
of disabilities sustained in Cuba. Ord
continued his military pursuits, however, as he worked
as a military
aid to the Arizona governor and served
on the Mexican border. In 1918, he retired to California.
E.O.C. Ord
II died on April 4, 1923 at Eagle Rock, California.
E.O.C.
Ord II
Undated photograph of E.O.C. Ord II,
in navy cadet uniform. He was the son of general E.O.C.
Ord I. Notes on the back indicate
that the photograph
was taken at the U.S. Naval Academy [Annapolis].
Ord Family Papers: Part1: Box 4 Folder 10
E.O.C. Ord
II
Typed Manuscript: "Memorandum of Military Service
of Captain E. O. C. Ord [II] U. S. A." This document
provides detailed biographical information
about Ord's career in the army.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 2 Folder 1
E.O.C. Ord
II
Partly Printed Document dated 9/23/1879
appointing E.O.C. Ord II Second Lieutenant
in the U.S. Army. U.S. Secretary of War George W. McCrary
notified
Ord of his promotion.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 4 Folder 1
E.O.C. Ord
II
Drawing dated 1883 for an invention
by E.O.C. Ord II: a distance measuring pencil holder.
E.O.C. Ord II was an inventor, and
his papers include
information about some of his inventions.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 6 Folder 7
Diary in Possession
of E.O.C. Ord II
Autograph Manuscript Diary. Dated 1890-1891. "From
Camp on Tongue R[iver] Mt[Montana]. to Powder River and
Return." The diary reads, in part, “Saturday
Dec. 20, 1890. Camp at Harkins Ranche on South Fork of
Cannon Bull. At 6 p.m. while at HT ranche a courier arrived
announcing plans of Gen. Ruger for capture of Sitting
Bulls[‘] band. We returned immediately to Harmans
ranche where we found that one of our wheel mules had
died from fatigue the day before. On the morning of the
next day, yesterday, 19th we returned across country
30 mi[les] to New England City….” Sitting
Bull, a legendary Native American leader,
was seized on December 15 on the Grand
River in South Dakota and
killed that same day as his warriors attempted
to save him.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 2 Folder 3
E.O.C. Ord
II
Photograph dated 1883 of E.O.C. Ord
II, in military attire standing beside a chair, taken
by
D. P. Barr, San Antonio, Texas.
Ord Family Papers: Box 20 Folder 20
E.O.C. Ord II
Photographs dated 1897-1898 from E.O.C.
Ord's scrapbook from Fort Crook, Nebraska,
22nd Infantry. Scenes of interest:
Post Hospital (16 miles south of
Omaha), First Aid instruction; and
Fort Crook before Spanish-American
War.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folder 21
E.O.C. Ord II’s Spanish-American War Diary
Autograph Manuscript Diary: "Cuban War Diary of
E.O.C. Ord II.” The entry for Tuesday, June 21,
1898 reads, “We did not land. Moved out at sea.
And in the morning slowly approached the mouth of the
harbor arriving within eight miles. Lay there all day.
At about 5 p.m. we received news of a battle between
marines and Spaniards at Guantanamo…. The marines
now hold the town of Guantanamo.”
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 2 Folder 5
E.O.C. Ord II
Autograph Document Signed dated 3/7/1899
written by Theodore Mosher, Major, U.S. Army, Retired.
The document reveals that E.O.C. Ord II of the 22nd
U.S. Infantry was knocked unconscious during battle
in El Caney, Cuba on 7/1/1898 during the Spanish-American
War, resulting in the loss of his field glass and case
issued by the Signal Service. Ord insisted that he
should not be held accountable for the loss of equipment
as it occurred by accident.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 4 Folder 24
E.O.C. Ord
II - Patents
Printed materials and manuscript materials
circa 1890s regarding patents for gold
pans.
Ord Family Papers: Box 6 Folder 6
[Gold Extraction]
Autograph Manuscript (in shorthand) by
E.O.C. Ord II: "Process: Gold Extraction." Several
other documents among E.O.C. Ord II’s papers are
in shorthand.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 3 Folder 32
E.O.C. Ord
II
Drawing by E.O.C. Ord II dated 6/12/1902
entitled "approaching Honolulu - the Island.” E.O.C.
Ord II’s travels led him to the Philippines, Cuba,
and all across the American landscape.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 10
E.O.C. Ord
II
Autograph Manuscript Diary by E.O.C. Ord
II, Captain, U.S. Army. Dated 1902-1903.
Mostly in English, some notes in shorthand. The diary details
Ord’s travels to the Philippines. The 3/25/1903
entry from Zamboanga in the Philippines reads, in part, “Tomorrow
I shall have the pleasure of going to Mass.” On
3/26/1903, he reports, “A coat ship from Australia
passed through this port at about 2 p.m. and at 3:30
p.m. the Annapolis - ‘Capt Hughes’ came
in port from ‘Jollo.’ Now we have two war
cruisers in port.”
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 2 Folder 6
[Arizona]
Correspondence dated 1911 to E.O.C. Ord
II from government land agent M. E.
Leverich & Company
of Phoenix, Arizona, regarding land
in which Ord had an interest.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 3 Folder 1
Geronimo Trevino
Autograph Letter dated 2/23/1912 from
E.O.C. Ord II to Geronimo Trevino,
offering to assemble a regiment in the U.S. to aid
General Trevino in his
rebellion to restore the republic
in Mexico. Ord asks for land and monetary compensation
for those who fight
in the regiment. Sent from Los Angeles,
California. Mexican military figure Geronimo Trevino
married into
the Ord family in 1880.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 3 Folder 24
E.O.C. Ord
II
Typed Manuscript: "A copy of statement made by E.O.C.
Ord. The Ord Ranch. Description of the land." Found
among papers of E.O.C. Ord II. The document
provides a good description of the Ord Ranch
in California.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 2 Folder 11
Brief Genealogy of the Ord Family
[Bowling] - James Lycurgus
Ord to Placidus Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 2/5/1843
from James Lycurgus Ord to his brother
Placidus Ord, regarding family members, James Lycurgus' medical studies,
and Sault Sainte Maire social life.
The letter refers to playing "ten pins" at the "ball ally." Sent
from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan to
Racine, Wisconsin.
Ord Family Papers: Part 3: Box 1 Folder 18
"Cresap
Society Bulletin"
Periodical: "Cresap Society Bulletin: A National
Organization of the Descendants of Colonel Thomas Cresap,
the Western Maryland Pathfinder, Pioneer, Patriot." On
display: Bulletin No. 8 (May 1936) featuring
a biographical sketch of E.O.C. Ord I
and Bulletin No. 10 (July 1936)
providing a list of members, including
Miss Ellen Frances Ord, daughter of E.O.C.
Ord II and Mary Francis Norton
Ord.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 7 Folder 4
Ellen Frances
Ord
Photograph of Ellen Frances Ord dated
1911.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folder 27
Ellen Frances
Ord
Ticket Book belonging to Ellen Frances
Ord: "Adult's Fifty Admission Book: February Eighteenth,
December Second, 1939. Golden Gate International
Exposition, San Francisco Bay, 1939."
Ord Family Papers: Box 20 Folder 28
Ellen Frances Ord
Photograph from California School for
the Blind, where Ellen Frances Ord
worked. Also, Typed Letter Signed dated 3/14/1944
from Bertram A. Betts
to Ellen Frances Ord, regarding an
article she prepared on Red Cross activities at the
school.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 20 Folders 29
Georgiana
Ord
Autograph Letter Signed dated 7/14/1853
from James Ord to his daughter Georgiana
Catherine Ord, regarding travel plans and family news;
sent from
Stone House, near Grantsville to Cumberland,
Maryland.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 14 Folder 7
Julius P.
Garesche
Autograph Letter Signed dated 1/21/1880
from Union General William Rosecrans to
Major A.J. Dallas, praising the military prowess and religious devotion
of Julius P. Garesche. The letter recounts
Colonel Garesche’s
unfortunate death in the battle of Murfreesboro during
the Civil War. Garesche served as Rosecrans’ chief
of staff, and Rosecrans knew E.O.C. Ord
I. The Ord family named several sons Garesche,
including Jules Garesche
Ord (son of E.O.C. Ord I), who died in
the Spanish American War, and James Garesche
Ord (son of E.O.C. Ord II), who
saw duty in World War I.
Julius P. Garesche Collection: Box 1 Folder 2. The Julius
P. Garesche Collection was a gift of the
Garesche family.
Julius P. Garesche
Autograph Transcript of a Telegram from
General Rosecrans to the War Department,
regarding the death of Colonel Julius P. Garesche.
Julius P. Garesche Collection: Box 1 Folder 4
James Garesche
Ord
Photograph circa 1919 of J.A. Perry
and James Garesche Ord, the son of E.O.C. Ord II and
Mary
Frances Norton Ord. James Garesche
Ord was a World War I aide de camp of U.S. general
Hunter Liggett,
who commanded the Army of Occupation
in Germany from 1918 to 1919.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 22
Folder 23
James Garesche Ord
Photograph of American World War I military
hero John J. Pershing walking down
a sidewalk with General Moseley and Major Ord. Circa
1919.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 22 Folder 24
James Garesche
Ord
Photograph of French commander Ferdinand
Foch, British commander Sir Douglas
Haig, and American general Hunter Liggett about to
enter a vehicle, circa
1918-1919.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 21 Folder 2
Mary Mercer
Thompson Ord (Wife of E.O.C. Ord I)
Photograph of Mary Mercer Thompson Ord,
who married E.O.C. Ord I in 1854.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 1 Folder 49
Pacificus
Ord to E.O.C. Ord I
Autograph Letter Signed dated 9/19/1839
from "P. Ord," most likely Pacificus, the
son of James Ord and Rebecca Ruth Cresap
Ord, as he refers to James Placidus
and to sending money to Mrs.
Pogue, his mother-in-law who had gone
with the two children of Pacificus to
live in New York some time
in 1856.
Ord Family Papers: Part 1: Box 3 Folder
48
Mary Ord Preston
Autograph Letter Signed dated 6/18/1904
from Mary Ord Preston to W.B. Chilton,
regarding the possibility that James
Ord was the son of George IV and
Mrs. Fitzherbert. Mary Ord Preston was
the daughter of Pacificus Ord and Maria
Louisa Pogue Ord.
Hunt-Chilton Collection: Box 4 Folder 6. The Hunt-Chilton
Collection was a gift of Henry G. Hunt.
Mary
Ord Preston
Autograph Letter Signed dated 2/21/1906
from Mary Ord Preston to W.B. Chilton,
regarding the question of James Ord’s parentage. In the letter,
Preston suggests that Mrs. Fitzherbert did not seek
to regain her son James Ord because she thought he
had entered the Society of Jesus and did not want to
distract him from his priestly duties. Preston also
wonders whether Archbishop John Carroll, a friend of
Mrs. Fitzherbert’s family, knew of James Ord’s
true parentage. The letter also notes that William
Brent, a member of the famous Brent family, was the
executor of James Ord’s reputed Uncle’s
will.
Hunt-Chilton Collection: Box 4 Folder 6
Mary Ord Preston
Photograph dated 1877 of Mary Ord Preston,
daughter of Pacificus Ord.
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 23 Folder
14
Rebecca Ruth Cresap Ord
Photograph: "Rebecca Ruth [Cresap] Ord, wife of
James Ord."
Ord Family Papers: Part 2: Box 23 Folder
8
Return to top
|
