Letters/Correspondence

Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting teacher Clara C. McAdam's application for leave of absence be granted. 

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School will forward to Chicago the articles named in a letter from the Office.

Mary M. Kennedy writes to Thomas J. Morgan asking him to help her granddaughter at the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy claims that her granddaughter is in danger and that all of the students are afraid of Richard Henry Pratt. Kennedy ends her letter by requesting the return of her granddaughter.

Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the dates teacher Effie (Elspeth) Miss Fisher was paid for her leave of absence. Pratt also tells the Commissioner that Fisher understood that she would not be paid a full month's pay even though she requested it. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant dressmaker Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 12-day leave of absence due to illness. Pratt also forwards a physician's certificate from Thomas Stewart verifying Jacobs has acute bronchitis.

Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly sanitary report for March 1893 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request by Jerry R. Fisher for the return of his son Belknap Fox from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Fox is one of the most promising students at the school but that the school physician has long worried about his health. As a result and due to the agent's support for the request, Pratt agrees…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards school physician Cyrus R. Dixon's application for a 45-day leave of absence to attend a six-week course at post-graduate medical school in New York. In an explantory cover letter, Dixon explains that he can still advise the nurses in Carlisle while attending medical school in New York.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is short in his authority covering expenses of visiting students on farms. As a result he requests authority to spend an additional $50.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in March 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor," whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student…

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a Descriptive Statement of Proposed Changes in Employees forwarded to the Office on March 17, 1893. Pratt requests the Office confirm the Statement as there are no changes needed and it is no longer post dated.

Richard Henry Pratt requests O. H. Bakeless and others be allowed to take the Civil Service Examination in order to take positions as teachers at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he would like more male teachers to make the gender ratio 50/50.

Richard Henry Pratt returns various papers associated with the application of Wilson H. Cox.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an endorsement of former student Jesse Bent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Bent's request.

Henry F. Hoyt responds to Richard Henry Pratt's criticisms regarding the medical bill in treating Seth Clear Eyes.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that O. H. Bakeless and his wife have determined they do not want to enter the Indian Service. Pratt requests that he have a personal conference with the Commissioner before a principal teacher is selected and nominated.

A. W. Ferrin forwards petition of the Cattaraugus Reservation requesting the return of certain pupils from the Carlisle Indian School. The petition claims that parents were misinformed and that some students were taken without consent, parents are unhappy with the treatment of their children, that students are not getting enough academic…

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letter of March 15th regarding allowance for special exhibit at Chicago.

Carrie V. Birch requests a transfer from her current position as a teacher in Cherokee, North Carolina to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letter of March 15th regarding allowance for special exhibit at Chicago.

Richard Henry Pratt requests that his nominations of employees be acted upon soon to avoid entanglements on pay rolls.

D. U. Betts requests that his appointment as a teacher in the Indian Service be changed from Pyramid Lake to Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter accepting release for students and teachers from exhibit in Indian School at Chicago and also accepts allowance.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles Red Hawk Smith to be returned home. Pratt provides reports from the school's physician and disciplinarian as well as two outing reports from Smith's patron. As a result Pratt recommends that Smith be allowed to be returned home.

Mary M. Kennedy requests the return of her granddaughter, Flora Patterson, from the Carlisle Indian School due to her health.