Letter signed Bertha R. Skinker, The Chipmunk Cottage, to son [Charles Skinker], St. Louis. I hope you and Papa have unpacked and disposed your belongings & have sufficient home & closet room. Won’t you watch over the state of Papa’s trousers for me. It is a great comfort to me as well as to you that you are with Susie. The St. Louis people up here regret the selection of Forest Park for the World’s Fair. Mrs. Galt & I have been amusing ourselves at the Glasgow cottage. Carr Lane came from Cornell expecting to find his family here but not finding them. Bella is not well. Jane is off somewhere with her inseparable Judith Hoblitzelle. What a dreadful thing the death of young Hay at New Haven was!, 1901 June 26

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.