William A. Mercer responds to request of Red Tomahawk to return his daughter Catherine Red Tomahawk.
Letters/Correspondence
![Mercer Responds to Request to Return Catherine Red Tomahawk Mercer Responds to Request to Return Catherine Red Tomahawk](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3192_59105_0002.jpg?itok=drJcvPjo)
![Request to Enroll Eva and Ellen Simons Request to Enroll Eva and Ellen Simons](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3213_65574_0004.jpg?itok=-nX0W8qQ)
Correspondence related to the request of Arthur A. Heald, Superintendent of the Public Schools of the Town of Wareham, to enroll Eva and Ellen Simons at the Hampton School or the Carlisle Indian School.
![Cost of Returning Students to Homes in Alaska Cost of Returning Students to Homes in Alaska](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3196_60246_0003.jpg?itok=5aNR7xYk)
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.
![E. Corbett Submits Resignation as Assistant Seamstress E. Corbett Submits Resignation as Assistant Seamstress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3202_62175_0002.jpg?itok=xaxWQIPI)
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.
![Office Informed Benedict Cox Has Not Reported for Duty Office Informed Benedict Cox Has Not Reported for Duty](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3198_60868_0002.jpg?itok=7OGMsRZf)
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.
![E. H. Colegrove's Request for Leave of Absence E. H. Colegrove's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3200_61606_0002.jpg?itok=CT_ETbe6)
W. A. Mercer forwards disciplinarian E. H. Colegrove's application for a 24-day leave of absence.
![Sketch of Ground for New Hospital Building Sketch of Ground for New Hospital Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3202_62177_0006_0.jpg?itok=cYhhDdtH)
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.
![Eight Certificates of Attendance at Summer School Eight Certificates of Attendance at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3262_81854_0001.jpg?itok=uVFybLAp)
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.
![Harry Brown Requests Information to Make a Bid to Build New Hospital Harry Brown Requests Information to Make a Bid to Build New Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3204_63034_0002.jpg?itok=_ogdYrh3)
Harry G. Brown requests information regarding the proposed hospital at the Carlisle Indian School in order to make a bid to erect the building.
![Michael A. Buffalo Requests Reinstatement to the Indian Service Michael A. Buffalo Requests Reinstatement to the Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3208_64047_0004.jpg?itok=cWM13cCI)
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.
![Request to Pay for Expenses in the Outing Program in Fiscal Year 1907 Request to Pay for Expenses in the Outing Program in Fiscal Year 1907](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3203_62601_0002.jpg?itok=7wQTcOfK)
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for expenses involved in placing students in their outing homes as well as visiting them.
![Sadie E. Newcomer's Request for Leave of Absence Sadie E. Newcomer's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3206_63534_0001.jpg?itok=kYLw35bE)
W. A. Mercer forwards teacher Sadie E. Newcomer's request for leave of absence due to her father's illness.
![Mercer Inquires if Recent Mason Appointee has All Necessary Qualifications Mercer Inquires if Recent Mason Appointee has All Necessary Qualifications](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3207_63820_0002.jpg?itok=AS-GuUCC)
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.
![Emma K. Hetrick's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School Emma K. Hetrick's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3341_100567_0001.jpg?itok=zMSuy5Po)
Dean of School Mervin S. Fuller certifies that Emma K. Hetrick attended summer school at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua.
![Sprow Requests Charge be Removed from Record Sprow Requests Charge be Removed from Record](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3219_68260_0004.jpg?itok=KFB58TbW)
E. G. Sprow requests that the disciplinary charge resulting in his termination from the Carlisle Indian School be removed from his record. A character reference for him from Judge Sadler is also enclosed.
![Mercer Requests to Know if July Salaries Have Been Deposited with Treasurer Mercer Requests to Know if July Salaries Have Been Deposited with Treasurer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3213_65655_0002.jpg?itok=NVBztQkH)
William A. Mercer requests to know if the money for the July salaries has been deposited with the Assistant Treasurer in New York.
![Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1906 Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1906](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3215_66372_0004.jpg?itok=6D44YTX4)
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.
![Susan Zeamer's Application for Leave of Absence Susan Zeamer's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3215_66370_0001.jpg?itok=854AEeyT)
W. A. Mercer forwards Susan Zeamer's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Zeamer works as an assistant seamstress.
![Request to Establish Second Assistant Farmer Position Request to Establish Second Assistant Farmer Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3215_66371_0002.jpg?itok=bPTMCl0c)
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs authorize an additional assistant farmer position to assist the second school farm.
![Genus Baird Requests Mercer's Assistance in Returning to Indian Service Genus Baird Requests Mercer's Assistance in Returning to Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3216_66666_0002.jpg?itok=RoBAZY6G)
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.
![Angel De Cora's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School Angel De Cora's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3269_83438_0002.jpg?itok=DhUGj99x)
Major W. A. Mercer forwards Angel De Cora's (Teacher of Native Indian Art) certification of attendance at summer school. De Cora took a one month summer course on Oriental rug weaving at Seven Tatosian Brothers, a rug dealer located in New York City
![Inquiry into Ability to Pay for Escort for Returning Alaskan Students Inquiry into Ability to Pay for Escort for Returning Alaskan Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3217_67150_0002.jpg?itok=ok_SyNG9)
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.
![Office Informed Benedict Cox Has Not Reported for Duty Despite Extension Office Informed Benedict Cox Has Not Reported for Duty Despite Extension](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3218_67779_0002.jpg?itok=Lh5zd9g8)
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox has not reported for duty despite receiving an extension.
![Request to Have Various Articles be Dropped Rather than Condemned Request to Have Various Articles be Dropped Rather than Condemned](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3217_67151_0004.jpg?itok=XXfan1F1)
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.
![Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3219_68296_0002.jpg?itok=qiu0vme3)
W. A. Mercer forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day leave of absence. Hill works as a laundry manager.