Letter signed T.K. Skinker, Richmond, Virginia, to wife, St. Louis. The Convention held no session on Saturday, the day being devoted to the trip to Williamsburg. The official party consisted of the visiting bishops, a lot of home bishops, and a delegation of two from each of the thirteen states. I came across a good many people I knew or made the acquaintance of—Rev. Randolph McKim, Mrs. Leftwich, Minnie Carter, Miss Triplett, Mrs. Moore of Rochester, N.Y., one Florence Cabell, Mrs. Cabell formerly Nannie Endres. I went down to Williamsburg with Lev, Fannie & Parson Fauntleroy. . . . Mary had some sort of operation performed last spring which was unsuccessful. Fred has a strange ailment—a sort of paralysis of the throat. I received a letter from Dr. Schwarz describing Bella’s condition., 1907 Oct 6

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6

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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.