Hocker Farm

Richard Henry Pratt forwards articles of agreement covering the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it is renewed for one year beginning on July 1, 1891.

Thomas J. Morgan requests the Second Comptroller of the Treasury return to the Office of Indian Affairs the lease entered into between the Executive Committee of the Hocker Farm and the Office. Morgan notes that the lease will be returned after due endorsement of the extension.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the articles of agreement for the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests its renewal for one year beginning on July 1, 1892.

Thomas J. Morgan requests the Second Comptroller of the Treasury return to the Office of Indian Affairs the lease entered into between the Executive Committee of the Hocker Farm and the Office.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it be extended through fiscal year 1894.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to rent the Hocker Farm and the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1894.

Charles H. Mansur, Second Comptroller, forwards the lease for the Carlisle Indian School for the Hocker Farm dated August 20, 1890.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 to rent the Hocker Farm for the fiscal year 1895.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1896.

Samuel Blackwell, Auditor, returns the lease of the Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs.

Alfred John Standing acknowledges receipt of the lease of the Hocker Farm which was extended for fiscal year 1896 from the Office of Indian Affairs.

Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay $600 during the 1897 fiscal year for the rent of the Hocker Farm. Standing encloses the lease with the request that it be extended.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 in rent for the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1898. Pratt additionally forwards the lease with the request that it be extended for one year.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the new and old lease for the Hocker Farm and requests that it be approved. Pratt provides information on the purchase of the farm as well as the possibility that it will be sold and further notes that the lease goes into improvements with any remainder going into the Charity Fund.

Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the lease of the Hocker Farm. Standing forwards the lease in triplicate with the signatures of all three members of the Board of Trustees as directed.

Alfred John Standing acknowledges receipt of the copy of the Hocker Farm lease dated September 15, 1897 from the Office of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1899.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1900 and that the lease be renewed.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm for fiscal year 1901 and requests the lease be renewed for one year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have a telephone placed at the Kutz Farm connected with the general exchange and the school at the cost of $18 per year. Pratt notes that the phone can be attached to the line on the Hocker Farm.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the fair valuation of the lands comprising the two school farms at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer additionally notes that $400 was paid out in rent for both the Henderson and Alexander Tracts.