Request to Attend Natural History Event

Date
October 14, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests authorization to spend $40 to allow all the Carlisle Indian School's staff, teachers, and students to visit Cooper and Bailey's Menagerie "collection of animals" in Carlisle. Pratt believes the event will help educate the students about natural history.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80."

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National Archives and Records Administration
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RG 75, M234, roll 485, frames 77-78
Request to Attend Natural History Event