William A. Mercer responds to request of Red Tomahawk to return his daughter Catherine Red Tomahawk.
Mercer, William A.
July 11, 1906
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 14, 1906 - July 17, 1906
William A. Mercer provides the cost of returning 35 students to their homes in Alaska on account of expired terms of enrollment and ill health.
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Letters/Correspondence
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July 16, 1906
E. Corbett submits her resignation as assistant seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School due to her health. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs and requests it to be accepted.
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July 16, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox who was appointed to the mason position at the Carlisle Indian School has not reported for duty.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 17, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards disciplinarian E. H. Colegrove's application for a 24-day leave of absence.
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July 18-20, 1906
W. G. Thompson discusses the excavation for the new hospital building and provides a sketch of the ground on which the hospital is being built.
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Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Letters/Correspondence
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July 19, 1906
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1906 amounting to $68,102.90 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies, $13,915.00 of which is for regular employee pay.
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Financial Documents
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July 20 - September 18, 1906
Major W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for eight employees: Emma H. Foster, Mariette Wood, Cora B. Hawk, Mary A. Yarnall, Hattie M. McDowell, Frances R. Scales, Sarah E. Gedney, and John L. Walters.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 21, 1906 - July 30, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards a letter from Michael A. Buffalo and provides him a recommendation to reinstate him in the Indian Service.
Note that Buffalo was not a Carlisle student, but someone Mercer had previously known.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 21, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for expenses involved in placing students in their outing homes as well as visiting them.
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July 23, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards teacher Sadie E. Newcomer's request for leave of absence due to her father's illness.
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July 25, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if Benedict A. Cox who was appointed to the vacant position is also qualified as a brick layer, cement worker, and plasterer. Mercer states that the individual who is temporary employed in the position has all of the necessary qualifications.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 31, 1906
Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 1906
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1907 amounting to $1,134.85 for returning students to their homes in Alaska.
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Financial Documents
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August 1, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if the money for the July salaries has been deposited with the Assistant Treasurer in New York.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 1, 1906
William A. Mercer submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials and furnishings, light and fuel, miscellaneous expenses, new buildings and repairs, the value of subsistence raised by schools, and pay for regular and irregular employees for the quarter ending June 30, 1906.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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August 1, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Susan Zeamer's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Zeamer works as an assistant seamstress.
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August 2, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs authorize an additional assistant farmer position to assist the second school farm.
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August 3, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Service that Genus Baird has requested his assistance in being reinstated in the Indian Service. Mercer provides further information on the Baird.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 4, 1906
William A. Mercer inquires whether he can pay for the transportation and expenses of Rev. S. H. Rock to be an escort for the returning party of students from Alaska.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 4, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox has not reported for duty despite receiving an extension.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 4, 1906
August Kensler requests certain items be excluded from the list of articles to be condemned and rather be dropped. William A. Mercer forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with the recommendation that it be given favorable consideration.
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Letters/Correspondence
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August 6, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day leave of absence. Hill works as a laundry manager.
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August 6, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the dining room matron position vacated by the transfer of Effie G. Moul be filled through the Civil Service register.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 7, 1906
William A. Mercer requests that various employees be excused from participation in the employees' general mess including those who have their homes and reside outside the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration