Letter Discussing Funding for Education at the Soldiers Orphans' Homes of Pennsylvania

Date
February 6, 1880

Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks responding to J. A. Moore in Camp Hill, PA regarding an inquiry about educating Indian children at the Soldiers Orphans' Homes of Pennsylvania. Brooks writes that the funds for the current fiscal year do not allow for the education of more Indian children, but they are hopeful to receive more generous funding for the next fiscal year. Brooks also asks for the average annual cost of educating a student at Moore's orphanage.

 

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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG75, Entry 96, Medical and Educational, Volume 6A, page 420
Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper