Letter signed T.K. Skinker, Richmond, Virginia, to wife, St. Louis. After leaving Mrs. Buchanan in her log cabin, Pitzman and I made for the street cars and took our way back to Norfolk. Next morning I devoted to showing Pitzman around Richmond. Invited to dine with Mr. & Mrs. Valentine. I did not rush to a telephone as soon as I reached Richmond to call Mary up. This speedy motion might have been unbecoming the dignity of a deputy to so august a body as the General Convention. After supper Wednesday I played bridge with Mary against Fred & the imperishable Miss Bettie Clark. You must tell Rena I found Aunt Bouser and paid her a short visit. She did express in most unqualified terms her disapproval of Rena’s matrimonial plans., 1907 Oct 4

Item — Box: 2, 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.