Letter, Marc [Parrott] to Dear Edd [Edwin Parrott]Marcus Parrott wrote to his brother, Edwin Parrott, from Leavenworth, K.T. He told Edwin that the border ruffians had made their first move into Lawrence the night before, defeating the "Lawrence party". Marcus added that morale in the town was exceptionally low after the departure of both Reeder and Robinson, and believed that the two men, plus the editors of the "Herald of Freedom" and the "Kansas Free State" were imprisoned. He also believed that, this victory gone to the border ruffians, with the support of Governor Shannon, the free soilers would be cleansed from the area.1856-05-15Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101966). TKO topic guide: Border Disputes and Warfare>Significant Incidents>Sack of Lawrence (May 21, 1856)still imageku-kansascollection:2092https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2092u003379||u003380||u003381||u003382aspace_63c279e9b2d28924e053be4142135508electronicimage/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_2092_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10