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Box 2

 Container

Contains 137 Results:

Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. On the 9th, Bella and I took an automobile drive. The little Bartlett girls’ mother was Ada Rutherford. . . . When we were on the Gravois Road our tire suddenly popped. I found the Hawes bungalow. I was met in the yard by Mrs. Hawes with her mother Mrs. Robinson, nee Lizzie Giles the beautiful. I noticed that the road oiling ends just west of the Hawes place. Whether this is pull or pay, I don’t know; but Harry is fine on pull., 1913 Aug 20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Aug 20

Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. Bella has not yet testified in the Godfrey case. Just as we were ready to put her on the stand, it was announced that the plaintiff, the plaintiff’s attorney & the referee were all going to take vacations. Love to all and especially to Nancy, who is going on Nine years old., 1913 Aug 23

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Aug 23

Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. N.B. When you want money, it is always well to specify the amount. I can hear the operators at both ends of the line saying to themselves: Skinflint! He won’t give his wife any money!, 1913 Aug 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Aug 25

Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. I have been made very sorry by your accounts of your ill health. I have met our new neighbor, Mr. Sam Goddard, and am pleased with him. He is to move in on the 15th Sept., 1913 Aug 26

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Aug 26

Letter signed T.K. Skinker, New York, to wife, St. Louis. Attending the Episcopal General Convention; visiting relatives., 1913 Oct 8

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Oct 8

Letter signed T.K. Skinker, New York, to wife, St. Louis. Frank McMaster made a ringing speech, and when the vote was taken, it was found that in our delegation he was the only one who took his view. I would not like to have this happen to me. I have been put on the Committee on Education, but have so far heard of nothing to come before it., 1913 Oct 11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Oct 11

Letter signed T.K. Skinker, New York, to wife. I have been all day expecting a telegram from Charley as to the disposition by the supreme court of my application for postponement of Ward v. Delany. I think I wrote you of my visit Sunday to Mrs. Vernon Davis., 1913 Oct 15

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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...
Dates: 1913 Oct 15

Two postcards signed T.K. Skinker, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, to wife, St. Louis, mailed from train stations. Postcards include views of Pennsylvania Railroad New Type Freight Locomotive, Engine No. 3396, and Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania., 1914 Oct 18

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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...
Dates: 1914 Oct 18

Letter signed T.K. Skinker, Washington, to wife, St. Louis. Yesterday I got a seat up front at the meeting of the association, where I was face to face with President Wilson and Ex-president Taft. It was fine to see the perfect good will between the President and the Ex-president. Many said that could not have been possible if the other ex-president had been present. Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Houston, Tom Keith and Mr. Moore. Saw Eppa Hunton, Leigh and Mrs. Robinson. At Mount Vernon the address of welcome was to have been delivered by Jim Keith, but he is very ill at Woodburn. Hunton thinks it doubtful he will recover. Jennie Fitsburgh Turner is living here, her husband 94 & nearly gone., 1914 Oct 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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...
Dates: 1914 Oct 21

Three postcards signed T.K. Skinker to wife., written on train between Washington and Richmond, Virginia. Visiting relatives., 1914 Oct 23-27

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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...
Dates: 1914 Oct 23-27