Letter signed Bertha R. Skinker, Wequetonsing, to son [Charles Skinker]. The Pettus family have a cottage near here. The number of cases of fever at this end of the resort led to an investigation of the plumbing and sewage. One serious defect has been found. Amongst the sick all said to be typhoid are Tom McPheeters Jr., Vallee Reyburn Jr., John Drew Jr., Florence Streett, Henry Hoblitzelle. . . . Don’t you ever go to see Alice Martin? You know the Switzlers are boarding there now. Joe Wheat graduated in his course at Dayton and is back in St. Louis. Mentions Elise Peters., 1901 Aug 6

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8

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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.