Letter Authorizing Selection of Two Menominee Boys to Send to Carlisle Indian School

Date
October 23, 1879

Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra E. Hayt to Indian Agent E. Stephens authorizing the selection of two more Menominee boys to be sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt instructs Stephens to ensure their health is certified by a competent physician and then to rendezvous with Indian Agent Charles Crissey in Chicago. 

 

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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG75, Entry 96, Medical and Educational, Volume 6A, page 235
Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper