Letter, Marc [Parrott] to Dear Father [Thomas Parrott]Marcus Parrot wrote from Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory, to his father, Thomas Parrott, in Dayton, Ohio. Marcus told him that the local citizens had been in "a state of war for the last ten days", referring to the events of the Wakarusa War. Marcus had raised his own company of free state men to fight the invading Missourians, and was captured by them, but freed at the conclusion of the skirmish. He also mentioned a duel which was supposed to take place (but never occurred) between James Lane and G.P. Lowery, in which he himself was to be Lane's "second".1855-12-13Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101946). TKO topic guide: Border Disputes and Warfare>Significant Incidents>Wakarusa War (Nov. - Dec. 1855)still imageku-kansascollection:2053https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2053u003353||u003354||u003355aspace_17f4601dfde7085aa18f3c73bfacc1dfelectronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalCorrespondence from Marcus Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family membershttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/7679180932RH MS VLT 554University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_2053_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10