1880-1889

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Request to Change Order of Hose along with Coffee and Tea
April 9, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has on hand a larger number of boy's sizes of hose than he can use. As a result he requests he be provided with 20 dozen of boy's size 8 and 140 dozen of men's size 9, 10, and 11. In addition, he requests his estimate for coffee be reduced to 2,500 pounds and no tea.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 1885
April 15, 1885

Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1885 amounting to $8,491.87 for support of the school, $6,090.00 of which is for regular employee pay. 

Format:
Financial Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Follow Up on Sending Given with Nez Perce Party
April 22, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt follows up his telegraph agreeing to send Dr. Obadiah G. Given with the party of Nez Perces being transferred. Pratt also recommends booking the Emigrant Sleepers as they provide the ability to make coffee therefore saving money on the coffee bill.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Willing to Spare Carlisle Physician for Nez Perce Removal
April 22, 1885

Pratt writes that he is willing to spare the Carlisle School physician Obadiah G. Given for the Nez Perce removal. Pratt asks that his absence be as brief as possible.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Expenses to Cover Obadiah Given While Traveling with Nez Perce Party
April 24, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt inquires about expenses related to Obadiah G. Given accompanying the Nez Perce party being transferred. Pratt notes that Given is ready to start when the Bureau of Indian Affairs telegraphs that the expenses will be covered.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Makes Suggestions for Improving Indian School System
April 27, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt provides recommendations for improving the Indian School system to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pratt's suggestions include educating everyone of school age compared to the quarter currently enrolled, requiring a census of school age children, and muster of students to track progress.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Delivery of Fire Prevention Hand Grenades to Carlisle
April 28, 1885

R. F. Hunter writes the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the order of three dozen fire prevention hand grenades at a cost of $9 per dozen.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Enroll 12 Students from the Quapaw Nation at Carlisle
May 4, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to bring in six boys and six girls from the Quapaw Nation to the Carlisle Indian School to learn trades and become teachers. Pratt indicates that the Society of Friends has taken a particular interest in the case of the twelve students and the agent at the Quapaw Agency supports sending the students.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Printed Program of the Sixth Annual Examination
May 6, 1885

The program includes singing and recitation and other displays of acquired knowledge and speeches. The names of participating students are listed. Another part of the program was a discussion on the topic: “Should the Indians be farmers or stock-raisers?"

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Contract for Flour for the 1885 Fiscal Year
May 9, 1885 - June 9, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a contract between the Carlisle Indian School and Glatfelter and Nace for the latter to provide 600 barrels of flour for the 1885 fiscal year.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Informs Office of Need to Travel to Philadelphia and New York
May 12, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he needs to go to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York. Asks if the Commissioner can visit the following week.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Requests Enrolling New York Students to Carlisle
May 25, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt notes that he believes placing Carlisle Indian School students into white schools is a great benefit for the student. He notes that if it was possible he would like to have half the students at the school made up of white students to exert influence, but notes that this is not possible.. Along these lines he notes that he…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request of the French Government for Part of Exhibit
May 30, 1885 - June 8, 1885

Lyndon A. Smith requests from Richard Henry Pratt part of the Carlisle Indian School Exhibit at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans due to a request by the French Government. Pratt informs the Bureau of Indian Affairs that while he was planning on setting up the exhibit at Carlisle for visitors but that nothing in exhibit cannot be…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Letter from Anne Ely to Outing Patron William Balderston
June 1, 1885

Letter from Ann Ely to outing patron William Balderston regarding student Stailey Norcross. 

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Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Princeton University Library, Department of Special Collections
Bureau of Indian Affairs Endorses Plan to Donate Exhibit to French
June 5, 1885

John D. C. Atkins, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, refers to the letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding donating parts or the whole of the Carlisle Indian School exhibit at the Government Exhibition in New Orleans to the French Government in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return 48 Students and Enroll 70
June 13, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return 48 students of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that of those being returned 23 students are being sent home due to the expiration of their terms and 25 for various reasons. In addition, he requests permission to bring to Carlisle 70 students.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 1885
June 15, 1885

Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1885 amounting to $24,592.50 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,510.00 for regular employee pay. 

Format:
Financial Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Delay Returning 12 Cheyenne Students Home
June 23, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt seeks guidance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding whether or not to return 12 members of the Cheyenne Nation to their home. Pratt references the Cheyenne Agent has written about unfavorable conditions at the Agency and that he believes it unwise to return the students at the time despite all of them having already…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Transportation of Students to Carlisle from Rosebud and Pine Ridge
June 25, 1885 - July 23, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs informing him that the Bureau will arrange the agreements in transporting students to and from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has already sought bids from the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads for transporting between 40 to 75 students from…

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Allow Amos Lone Hill to Purchase Wagon at Discount
June 26, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt requests to allow Amos Lone Hill, who is to return home shortly, to purchase a spring wagon he made himself at a discount along with a commendation from the Office of Indian Affairs as an incentive.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Return and Correction of Statement of Funds, Third Quarter 1885
July 2, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt returns statement of funds for the third quarter of 1885 and advises commissioner he did not request cornmeal. An explanatory cover letter is attached.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Sending Osage Students to Martinsburg
July 9, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt references a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has already returned 13 students and can transfer the remaining 43 students to Martinsburg.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Purchase Tents for Mountain Camp
July 14, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional tents for the Carlisle Indian School vacation and sanitary camp in the mountains.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Calls Attention to Nomination of Employees Not Yet Confirmed
July 15, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to his nomination of employees for the current year sent out on June 15, 1885 which has not yet been confirmed.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Commissioner to Grant Outstanding Authorities
July 15, 1885

Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to pending requests for authorities requested on June 13, 1885.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration