Letters/Correspondence

Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1896.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an long update on Perry Tsamanwa taking a position in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards L. R. Shaffner's application for a 29-day leave of absence. Shaffner works as a girls' matron. 

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards the approval letter for his September 1896 irregular employees report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks him to attach the report to the 1897 first quarter voucher number 84.  

S. L. Diven, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1896.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Alfred John Standing responds to requests from two local citizens that former student William Lone Wolf  be returned to his home in Oklahoma after sustaining injuries while working in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Correspondence regarding an article written and published by Richard Henry Pratt attacking the Civil Service Commission in the Indian School Service.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 524 pairs of boys and men's shoes due to the ongoing construction work at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards check for M. L. Silcott as directed by the orders of the Office of Indian Affairs.

A note indicates that the check was delivered to M. L. Silcott on November 23, 1896.

J. O. Brown, Pittsburgh Department of Safety, requests the assistance of the Secretary of War in addressing two runaway students from the Carlisle Indian School whom Richard Henry Pratt wishes to be treated as vagrants.

Richard Henry Pratt provides the context of his actions to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his request to the Pittsburgh Police Department treat two runaway students as vagrants.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request of Henry K. Cooper for the return of Caroline Peters from the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint an Indian woman, Mrs. Peters, as an assistant laundress if no action has already been taken.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary reports for November and December 1896.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of his plans to employ various teachers using non-Governmental funds to comply with Civil Service regulations.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding Joel Tyndall as a candidate for a job in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to purchase various school books and supplies in January 1897.

Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1897 amounting to $14,916.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,345.00 for regular employee pay. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight on supplies purchased either by the Office of Indian Affairs or Pratt for the Carlisle Indian School on points not covered by transportation contracts.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for traveling expenses involved in visiting students on outing.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $100 to make repairs to buildings, water and steam pipes, and machinery at the Carlisle Indian School before the end of the fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies on the open market including upper leather, dried compressed yeast, Saunder's Pipe Cutting Machinery, and various field and garden seeds.