Letter signed Alexander Rives Skinker, Paris, Texas, to mother, 6464 Ellenwood, St. Louis. There is an opposition company here and word was received at Dallas that they were giving better service than we were. So I was sent here to make an investigation on the quiet. . . . I find that not having any carfare to speak of I shall be as well off as I was in Chicago in spite of a slight reduction in my salary. I have seen Frances and Henry several times. I live within six blocks of the Hughes., 1911 Sept 20

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9

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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.