William A. Mercer forwards voucher for payment of examination fees of candidates for admission to the Carlisle Indian School.
Letters/Correspondence


Milton I. Zeigler provides a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on the list of shoe and harness tools and supplies requested for the Fort Shaw School.

John F. MacKey requests a transfer from his position as a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School to the head of an agency in the Indian Service. Included are recommendations from various Indian agents supporting his previous promotions as well as office notes related to MacKey's previous tenure in Omaha.

Correspondence regarding the cook vacancy at the Southern Ute School and the possibility of Ella Beck or Louisa French filling the position.

William A. Mercer responds to the request of Anna Doctor for the return of her daughter Jemima Doctor from the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter which claims that the liabilities of the Carlisle Indian School have exceeded the appropriation by going over the appropriation and liabilities.

Sarah Gedney submits her request for a transfer to the position of copyist in the Office of Indian Affairs from her current position as a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the request to the Office and requests that it be approved.

Charles C. Dillon submits his resignation as the blacksmith at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer submits the resignation along with additional information.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Anna C. Groove and Scott J. Porter), those who have left the school (Charles C. Dillon), and those who have changed positions (Cathrine Morrette). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. Attached is Dillon's letter of resignation…

W. A. Mercer forwards carpenter John A. Herr's application for a 6-day annual leave of absence.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Stacy Matlock, assistant disciplinarian, to a position of assistant clerk in the Indian Service. The office is asking for Mercer's assessment of Matlock's character, which Mercer reports to be excellent.

Major W. A. Mercer forwards housekeeper Mae Justus's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by providing clarification on the $1,000 carried as the Charity Fund.

Major W. A. Mercer forwards farmer Norman H. Justus' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.

Sadie Elizabeth Newcomer submits her resignation as a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs along with his recommendation to fill the vacancy through various promotions. Mercer also requests the last remaining vacancy be filled by a white woman through the Civil Service…

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Albert Jackson (here Alfred Jackson) of pneumonia.

William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase Christmas gifts for students on the open market in order to place them under the school Christmas tree.

William A. Mercer forwards voucher covering surgery for Edith Bartlett who was attending the State Normal School at Bloomsburg.

William A. Mercer nominates Marie McCloud to fill the hospital cook position temporarily until she returns to her home in Alaska.

Major W. A. Mercer forwards Fred W. Canfield's application for a 22-day leave of absence. Canfield works as a boys' outing agent.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs accepting the resignation of Charles C. Dillon as blacksmith. Mercer requests that an unmarried white man who is a good horseshoer in order to teach that branch of blacksmithing be taught in the school.

William A. Mercer appeals through the Office of Indian Affairs the decision of the Auditor of the Interior Department not to credit the Carlisle Indian School with the proceeds of harness sold to the Blackfeet Agency in the following fiscal year.

William A. Mercer forwards voucher of E. H. Colegrove in returning two runaway students.

William A. Mercer withdraws his request for the appointment of a white woman from the civil service register of eligibles as a teacher and requests that Lida M. Johnston be transferred from the Fort Totten Indian School.

Major W. A. Mercer forwards a report on leave of absence taken by Anne S. Ely (superintendent of outing).