Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. Jim Seddon told me yesterday that Forest Park wd. be chosen (for the LPE [Louisiana Purchase Exposition]), and also that my proposition for the use of Ellenwood would be accepted. Walsh says that by the time the fair is over, our lands will be worth from 50 to 100% more. The parties who offered Sam Gittens’ mother $50,000 for the 14 acres on the Clayton Rd. at Tamm Ave. wanted a clause that would allow their money back if the World’s Fair took the land. So the trade fell through., 1901 June 25

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6

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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.