Letter signed Bertha R. Skinker, The Berlin, to husband, Richmond, Virginia. The blow which deprived us of a loved home makes me feel older. The hotel life seems to be very expensive. We are getting down to a more regular kind of life. The manager at Washington University, having entire faith in the prediction for severe weather, told the workmen not to come Monday. Monday dawned fine & no workmen appeared, much to Mr. Chaplin’s disgust. Joe Wheat spent most of Sunday with us. He is studying hard to fit himself to sell the cash registers. Mr. Charles Chouteau died on Saturday. Mrs. Papin is too ill to attend his funeral., 1901 Jan 8

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886. This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the collection was purchased in 1978.