Legal and Government Documents

War Department orders directing Geronimo and other prisoners be sent from Fort Barrancas, Florida to Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama in addition to sending certain youths to the Carlisle Indian School.

A. B. Upshaw, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, forwards a copy of the proposal of Andrew Wetzel as well as Samuel Wetzel for the construction of a new building at the Carlisle Indian School. The Acting Secretary of the Interior H. L. Muldrew approves the contract if there are no objections.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various food supplies along with scarlet braid and cord. Pratt encloses form used to advertise the contracts.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (John E. Pollinger and Anna C. Pollinger) and those who have left the school (B. F. Comman and Mary E. Comman). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends a reference from Jacob Enminger…

Richard H. Pratt recommends that Carrie E. Morse be appointed to replace Mabel Crane as a teacher at the school. Pratt forwards Crane's resignation, Morse's application, and four references.

Crane cites her "approaching marriage" as the reason for leaving the school.

Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1889-1890 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, S. H. Gould, C. H. Hepburn, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, Lizzie A. Shears, Mary H. Cook, Anna L. Hamston, Fanny G. Paull, Bertha V. Aspell, Lizzie R. Bender, N. J. Campbell, W. P.…

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (Della F. Botsford) as well as those who have left the school (Lizzie A. Shears). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends Della F. Botsford's application for a position as a teacher, including…

Richard H. Pratt forwards and endorses Rachel A. Stanton's application for a position as a teacher at Carlisle, including references.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees Anna S. Luckenbach and Lydia L. Hunt. These reports include personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Luckenbach and Hunt's applications for positions as teachers, including references. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas Jefferson Morgan approves Pratt's…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (C. A. Merritt, Florence M. Carter, J. B. Given, Chester P. Cornelius, Annie B. Moore, Clara Anthony, Jemima Wheelock, Julia Bent, Charles Monteravia, Yamie Leeds, Howard Logan), those who have left the school (Bertha V. Agpell, Lavinia Bender), and those who have changed…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Fordyce Grinnell, Thomas W. Potter, and Mariette Wood). These reports include personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Grinnell's (physician), Potter's (teacher), and Wood's (literary teacher) applications.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists a new employee (Clara C. McAdam) and those who have changed positions (T. W. Potter and Fisk Goodyear). This report includes personal information about each employee. Pratt also sends McAdam's application for a position as a teacher, including references. An explanatory cover letter is…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter which enclosed a letter from W. B. Backus, Superintendent of the Genoa School, in reference to a system of savings for students. Pratt notes that he believes he fills the place of a parent for the students at the Carlisle Indian School, that he considered teaching students about…

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (E. C. Miller), those who have left the school (S. H. Gould), and those who have changed positions (C. H. Hepburn). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends Miller's application for a…

Correspondence discussing a request from Richard Henry Pratt for an appropriation of $19,080 to construct buildings, walks, and fences at the Indian School. The buildings to be constructed are a barn on the school farm, a storehouse, and a blacksmith and wagon shop.

Captain Richard H. Pratt requests articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Alfred John Standing forwards the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests it be renewed for one year beginning April 1, 1890 at the rent of $600. A copy of the lease is included.

Daniel Dorchester, Superintendent of Indian Schools, returns documents related to returned Carlisle Indian School students and documents related to the Albuquerque Indian School, including an inspection that Dorchester conducted of the school that covers nearly all aspects of that school.

Also included is a reply from Richard Henry Pratt…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards applications and recommendations for Lillie Woolston and Jennie Cochran for positions as teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.

Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Morris A. Birely applies to be the Carlisle Indian School teacher. Birely forwards his application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs along with references from Samuel M. Birelly and M. G. Urner.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a supplemental request for stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an application of John H. Schively as Superintendent and Principal Teacher of the Arapaho School. Pratt notes that Schively would often preach at the Carlisle Indian School while a student at Dickinson College.

Also included is Schively's application and two statements concerning the applicant.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Cyrus R. Dixon, William G. McConkey) and those who have left the school (Fordyce Grinnell). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends Dixon's and McConkey's applications as a physician…