Spencer Fullteron Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, writes to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz to endorse Captain Richard H. Pratt's request to establish an Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks. Baird contends that there is "no better spot" to open an Indian School because the buildings at the barracks would be well-suited…
Smithsonian Institution
February 14, 1879
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August 13-23, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards an account of J. J. Methvin accusing James Mooney of the Smithsonian Institution of undue influences amongst various Nations.
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