Glover's best known work is the History of the County of Derby: drawn up from actual observation, and from the best authorities.
He also compiled the Peak Guide in 1830, and assisted author Stephen Bateman in his Antiquities of Derbyshire, in 1848.
Following this, he was sent to school to study navigation and was promised a commission in the Royal Navy by George Canning.
He soon became known as the "Young Bagman", as he travelled over three counties, on horseback with saddlebags, to obtain orders for paper.
At the conclusion of his apprenticeship, Marriott offered him employment, which Glover accepted for a salary of £70 per annum.
A lawsuit during this time about a property, which lasted two and a half years and cost him £500, was eventually settled by arbitration.
Glover's avoidance of repaying his creditors, for whatever reasons, heralded a pattern of his behaviour that was evident throughout his life and became increasingly problematic to him and his family.