Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. I have discarded my suspenders and put on a belt. This I will continue to wear as long as I can stand it. It was my appearance at table in suspenders that seemed to give Bella most offense. A day or two ago I found Mrs. Ferris and her little girl sitting under the shade of a group of young locusts. . . . It was a real pleasure to see that some of our trees are beginning to serve their purpose. If the bathroom situation becomes too uncomfortable, you had better take a room in the hotel, but I think the hotel can hardly give you the exclusive use of a bathroom. Bella has just read from the morning papers a list of St. Louisans departed for western North Carolina, including J.P. Lombard & family whose destination is Asheville., 1913 July 18

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.