Moore, J. A.

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Offer to Teach Indian Students at a Soldiers' Orphans School
January 23, 1880

J. A. Moore, Principal of the Soldiers' Orphan School of Cumberland County, writes to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz regarding the possibility of sending Indian students to his school or one of the other soldiers' orphan schools in Pennsylvania. Moore informs Schurz that his school is near the Carlisle Indian School, and he recognizes…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper
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…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration