Letter signed T.K. Skinker, St. Louis, to wife, Rochester, Minnesota. Arrived at last in the good old city of St. Louis about on time. I called up Elizabeth and Jane and gave them the last word from Bella, which they in turn gave out to several friends. I found a letter from Mary in which she said: “Fred and I agreed that you had every right to be a proud grandfather. They are such pretty babies.” I have found out why both the Mayos took part in the operation on Bella., 1907 Nov 28

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.