Letter signed T.K. Skinker, St. Louis, to wife, Brevard, North Carolina. At church the chapel was so hot that Mr. Norton again moved out to the arcade where there was a splendid breeze. This preaching under the arcade is a good idea and illustrates Mr. Norton’s lack of formalism. Poor Eck’s feeling the results of his overwork in the hot weather. The chickens are doing their duty well and the g hoppers are fast going. Bella, however, is getting very tired of the chickens. They have no appreciation of clean granitoid., 1913 July 14

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11

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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.