Letter to Captain Grover from Captain Sircoxy
Overview
This letter, dated November 3, 1857, is from Delaware Chief John Sarcoxie (signed "Sircoxy" in the letter) 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).
Dates
- Creation: November 3, 1857
Creator
- Sarcoxie, John (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biography of Joel Grover
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 in Lawrence and Douglas County. Captain Grover died at Lawrence on July 28, 1879.
Extent
1 folder (1 leaf) ; 25 x 38 cm
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P828
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, William J. B. Burger, 2003.
Subject
- Grover, Joel, 1825-1879 (Person)
- Delaware Tribe of Indians (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Captain Grover Letter
- Subtitle
- Letter to Captain Grover from Captain Sircoxy
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; revised by skt, 2011. Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007.
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6518771368
- Preferred citation
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Captain Grover letter, RH MS P828, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository