Letters 1851-1862

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Letters 1851-1862

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The collection contains thirty-four letters written by Marcus Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members. The letters date from April 7, 1851 to April 28, 1862, and are arranged chronologically. Also included are a brief handwritten statement by [Laurette?] Parrott [Irvin?] regarding the collection content, and an offprint of a published 1865 sermon by Phillips Brooks, delivered at the time of Abraham Lincoln's death.

34 letters

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Parrott, Marcus J. (Marcus Junius), 1828-1879

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Born in South Carolina, educated at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, and admitted to the bar to practice law in Ohio, Parrott moved to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1855. He was court reporter for the first session of the Territorial Supreme Court in 1855. After serving as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1855, he was elected as a Republican to the 35th and 36th Congress (1857-1861). From the guide to the Correspondence with Charles Lanman, with a photograph. Washingto...