Date
January 15, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt, requesting permission to purchase the listed supplies for the school. Some of the supplies had already been purchased for immediate use. The request includes construction materials, repairs to buildings and the ambulance, books, scientific and medical supplies, industrial equipment, and a coffin. The coffin would have been for student Amos LaFramboise.
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Topics
Standard Forms & Transactions
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Series 79, box 574, Miscellaneous-1880-P-#0070
