Elmer Huff informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Glennie Pierce has been located and requests that Richard Henry Pratt have him released from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania poor house and returned home.
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March 13, 1899
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March 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt recommends former student Cora Cornelius for the position of assistant matron at Morris, Minnesota.
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March 14, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of various property which requires a Board of Survey due to having become worn out, broken, or having become unfit for use.
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March 18, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Elmer Huff to send Glennie Pierce home.
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March 18, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from William Blakeslee to secure a position in the Indian Service along with Dr. J. G. Rogers recommendation.
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March 20, 1899 - March 25, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence and informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has arranged for the mother of an Apache student to visit Carlisle.
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March 20, 1899 - April 6, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards recommendations of Ella Rickert for the position of assistant matron in a Western Indian School. Pratt also endorses Rickert for the position.
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March 20, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Government Printing Office print two outing books--in other words, ledgers for the outing program--which he expects "will probably last six years."
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March 20, 1899
Roberta E. Wilson requests a transfer to the Indian School in Cherokee, North Carolina as an assistant matron. Richard Henry Pratt endorses the application and requests a replacement.
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March 22, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay a substitute assistant laundress to replace Carrie Thomas following her resignation.
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March 22, 1899 - March 23, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened on March 22, 1899.
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March 31, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return George Fairbanks to his home.
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March 31, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Gertrude Renfrow as an assistant seamstress in the Indian Service.
Note: This is presumably the person known as Gertrude Renfrew while at Carlisle.
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March 31, 1899
Samuel Gruett requests Richard Henry Pratt's recommendation to help him secure the disciplinarian position at the Mt. Pleasant Indian School.
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April 3, 1899
William Hugg of the Lincoln Institution informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he will comply with the order to transfer seven students to the Carlisle Indian School. He adds that most of the students are in the school band and that they expect after the transfer they will go to Paris with Carlisle's band. Hugg requests that the transfer of…
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April 3, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds in the negative to former student John Moses' request to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 5, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards matron L. R. Shaffner's application for an 18-day annual leave of absence.
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April 8, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a corrected report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during March 1899. In an explanatory cover letter, Pratt mentions the cost of each repair and provides additional information on expenditures for incidental and general repairs in regards to several irregular services.
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April 10, 1899
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1899 amounting to $11,526.49 for electric light and regular employee pay.
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April 11, 1899
Leila W. Hayden (Chippewa) applies to be a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 12, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt provides his recommendations for expanding the school building at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides blueprints along with the specifications for the expansion.
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April 13, 1899
Wrap indicating Richard Henry Pratt returned with remarks a letter from Charley Doxtator who wants to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 15, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from Filmore Jackson to transfer his son from the Lincoln Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 17, 1899
Major Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for the current quarter of 1899. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the quarter.
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April 17, 1899
Dennison Wheelock requests to have Evan Goslyah transferred from the Grand Junction Indian School noting that Goslyah has requested it and he needs an additional clarinet player for the band.
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