Letter signed T.K. Skinker, Tarpon Club, Sport, Texas, to wife, St. Louis. Sallied forth to see San Antonio yesterday. Col. F. suddenly exclaimed: “Hold on. Here’s somebody I believe I know.” Then hailing a fine-looking gentleman who was passing, he said, “Is not this Col. Terrell, paymaster general of the Army of the Cumberland?” “I am,” said the gentleman. “I am Fordyce, inspector general of cavalry of the same army,” said the colonel; and a handshake ensued. Colonel got free rail passes to Rockport. Description of tarpon fishing at Sport. Col. F. has made 3 visits and has 13 tarpon to his credit all-told., 1902 May 29-30

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

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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.