Request to Purchase Marble Headstones for Cemetery

Date
September 28, 1904

William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase 24 marble head stones for the Carlisle Indian School cemetery. Mercer notes that the cemetery is in poor condition with 18 unmarked graves.

 

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Time Period
Year
Standard Forms & Transactions
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 2615, 1904-#67347
Request to Purchase Marble Headstones for Cemetery