Letter, Marc [Parrott] to Dear Edd [Edwin Parrott]Marcus Parrott wrote from Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, to his brother, Edwin Parrott. Marcus described the events of his ride home from a business meeting in Lawrence, where he encountered a funeral procession for his friend T. C. Shoemaker, who had been beaten to death for "abusing" Mayor William E. Murphy. Marcus equated this murder to the assault on William Phillips in May 1855, and anticipated that there would only be a "so-called" trial for the men responsible. He also told his brother to be prepared to come to Kansas Territory in April.1856-02-09Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101951). TKO topic guide: Personalities>Marcus J. Parrottstill imageku-kansascollection:2072https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2072u003364||u003365||u003366||u003367aspace_5d7593c653c100bcc022ab3a0f26efcdelectronicimage/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_2072_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10