Documents pertaining to the United States Government's purchase of the Parker Farm. Included are a copy of the deed transferring title to the Government, other prior deeds, abstract of the title, map outlining the tract of land, copy of an act of the State of Pennsylvania consenting to the U.S. Government purchasing the Parker Farm, and county…
1923
March 21, 1887 - November 27, 1923
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 2, 1915 - January 6, 1942
These materials include documents, correspondence, and legal documents related to a number of bequests and inheritances made to the Carlisle Indian School. The correspondence largely deals with questions of whether and how such bequests should be accepted, what they could be used for, and how they should be reallocated once the Carlisle Indian…
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 20, 1918 - February 28, 1923
These materials include correspondence regarding the custody of Richard Kesetta upon the closing of the Carlisle School. Additional correspondence relates to Kesetta's life after the school closed, including attempts to have him enrolled in the Haskell Institute as well as an inquiry made by Kessetta into his rights as a member of the Lipan…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 1, 1923
Correspondence and legal documents regarding ownership of the Sanno lot, originally purchased by Richard Henry Pratt in 1893 as a member of the Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School for the school, and later conveyed to the government in 1914.
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps, Memorabilia and Ephemera
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National Archives and Records Administration