Letter signed T.K. Skinker, Mt. Vernon, Mo., to wife. On my way down I had plenty of company. Henry Scott, John D. Davis, Mr. Sproule, Mr. Guy, Mr. Hobart, young George Leighton and one or two others constituted a party, traveling in a special car to view and mourn over a zinc mine at Joplin that was to have made them all rich or richer, but has failed in its siren promises. I found Mr. Hughes, the Travelling Passenger Agt. of the R.R. Co., who is an interesting talker. Osbervations of Aurora, Mo. Letter is written on stationery of the Brick Hotel, Tobe Richardson, proprietor., 1901 Nov 11

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

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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.