Lugner, Lea

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Request to Send a Christmas Gift to the Carlisle Indian School
November 24, 1879

Lea Lugner asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if she can send a small Christmas box to the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper
December 3, 1879

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's response letter to donor Lea Lugner offering to send a "Christmas box" to the students at the school. Hayt suggests that gifts would be welcome as there are 158 children at the school, but government funds can only be spent on clothing and other school essentials. Hayt encourages Lugner to write to…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution