Letter to Captain Grover from Captain Sircoxy November 3, 1857

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Letter to Captain Grover from Captain Sircoxy November 3, 1857

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This letter, dated November 3, 1857, is from Delaware Chief John Sarcoxie to Joel Grover, a free-state loyalist of Kansas Territory whose property in the town of Lawrence was a station on the Underground Railroad. Citing their prior contract, the Delaware chief asks for Grover's payment of $600 to the Delaware Nation as agreed upon completion of the Quindaro Road (a stage road from the Underground Railroad town of Quindaro, Kansas to Lawrence, completed in 1857).

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Delaware Tribe of Indians

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Grover, Joel, 1825-1879

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Grover was born in Springfield, Livingston Co., New York, August 5, 1825; died in Lawrence, Kansas, July 28, 1879. He came to Lawrence in the second party. He was made Captain of the 1st military company in Lawrence. He served in defense of Lawrence in the Wakarusa War and participated in battles of Franklin, Ft. Saunders and Ft. Titus. In 1858 he was elected to County Commissioners and held the post four years. Other local positions he held: trustee; school board member; member Hou...

Sarcoxie, John

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Joel Grover was born on August 5, 1825 in Springfield, Livingston County, New York. He emigrated to Kansas Territory in the second party of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, settling in Lawrence. Grover was an ardent free-state loyalist, serving as Captain of the first free-state military company which was organized at Lawrence. He served in defense of Lawrence in the Wakarusa War of 1855, served in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1867, and held various political offices ...