Letter signed T.K. Skinker, St. Louis, to wife, Biloxi. It was certainly an inspiration when you bethought yourself of Biloxi. May you keep on improving until you get back to your old condition when you could walk at will and work around among your flowers. Always active in planning good for others, Bella bethought herself of a plan to send Little Sam to the Community school, kindergarten class. By this he would get a change of air & scene, bright surroundings and lots of little cherubs[?] to associate, play and fight with. I think this is too good a scheme to drop easily. The enclosed clipping shows that poor Mrs. [Virginia Coleman] Gregory has passed away at last., 1917 Jan 16

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 15

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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.