Letters/Correspondence
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is short in his authority covering expenses of visiting students on farms. As a result he requests authority to spend an additional $50.
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a Descriptive Statement of Proposed Changes in Employees forwarded to the Office on March 17, 1893. Pratt requests the Office confirm the Statement as there are no changes needed and it is no longer post dated.
Richard Henry Pratt requests O. H. Bakeless and others be allowed to take the Civil Service Examination in order to take positions at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he would like the gender ratio of the teachers at Carlisle be 50/50.
Richard Henry Pratt returns various papers associated with the application of Wilson H. Cox.
Richard Henry Pratt provides an endorsement of Jesse Bent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Bent's request.
Henry F. Hoyt responds to Richard Henry Pratt's criticisms regarding the medical bill in treating Seth Clear Eyes.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that O. H. Bakeless and his wife have determined they do not want to enter the Indian Service. Pratt requests that he have a personal conference with the Commissioner before a principal teacher is selected and nominated.
A. W. Ferrin forwards petition of the Cattaraugus Reservation requesting the return of certain pupils from the Carlisle Indian School. The petition claims that parents were misinformed and that some students were taken without consent, parents are unhappy with the treatment of their children,...
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letter of March 15th regarding allowance for special exhibit at Chicago.
Carrie V. Birch requests a transfer from her current position as a teacher in Cherokee, North Carolina to the Carlisle Indian School.
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Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letter of March 15th regarding allowance for special exhibit at Chicago.
Richard Henry Pratt requests that his nominations of employees be acted upon soon to avoid entanglements on pay rolls.
D. U. Betts requests that his appointment as a teacher in the Indian Service be changed from Pyramid Lake to Carlisle.
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter accepting release for students and teachers from exhibit in Indian School at Chicago and also accepts allowance.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles Red Hawk Smith to be returned home. Pratt provides reports from the School's physician and disciplinarian as well as two outing reports from Smith's patron. As a result Pratt recommends that Smith be allowed to be returned home.
Mary M. Kennedy requests the return of her granddaughter, Flora Patterson, from the Carlisle Indian School due to her health.
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for April 1893.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a petition from the Comanche Nation to keep their U.S. Indian Agent George Day.
Also a brief note that a few members of the Agency stopped in Chicago and saw the Carlisle exhibit.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that David U. Betts departed for Pyramid Lake due to not hearing earlier from the Office of Indian Affairs.
A. W. Ferrin provides an update on the feelings of the New York Indians regarding their children at the Carlisle Indian School. Ferrin states that he has had some discussions with various members of the Senca Nation and that only a few are dissatisfied with having their children at Carlisle....
M. F. Nippe, Missionary, writes to Daniel M. Browning asking him to ignore the petition of the Cattaraugus Reservation. Nippe notes that the claims are the result of misstatements and falsehoods.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Lydia L. Hunt and recommends her for a position as a matron.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Mary M. Kennedy's request to return her granddaughter Flora Patterson. Pratt notes that Patterson died at the Racine Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as he had informed Kennedy she would after having contracted quick consumption.
Charles Smith requests to be returned to his home.
Cornelia A. Merritt accepts transfer to the Navajo Boarding School at Fort Defiance, Arizona.
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