Letter signed Bertha Rives Skinker, Eastern Point, Groton, Connecticut, to father. Auntie pines to take any number of excursions, but I begrudge the time it takes to see such a choice assortment of summer resorts. Louis would like to get some of the architectural work to do for the Fair. I am now priveleged to call at three cottages: the Waites, Mrs. Sylvester’s where Mrs. & Miss Curtis hold forth, and on a Miss Roe, who is a cousin of Bill Chaplin’s., 1901 July 6

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7

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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.