Richard Henry Pratt seeks an answer to his request for transportation for Tom Torlino to travel back to his home.
Pratt, Richard Henry
August 27, 1886
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September 6, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in August 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the white employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages…
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September 9, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests assistance for Rev. S. S. Harry in constructing a school building for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. In doing so he would have the children of the Agency in school for the winter.
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September 13, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt provides his views on having graduates from the Carlisle Indian School and other industrial training schools fill agency instructor positions. Pratt notes that he does not believe this a good system due to the lack of training among Indian apprentices in their trades which would not allow them to be competent teachers. In…
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September 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests transportation to Carlisle, Pennsylvania for 39 to be placed at Caldwell, Kansas for September 18, 1886.
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September 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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October 1, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in September 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages of…
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October 4, 1886
Follow up letter regarding request for transportation for a member of the Sioux Nation to travel to the Carlisle Indian School from Mitchell, Dakota. Richard Henry Pratt indicates that there appears to be some mix up in the transportation order and requests an investigation into the matter to limit the delay.
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October 12, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew informing him that the school had gained new students, raising enrollment higher than it had been before. He also mentions the need for more money to improve school buildings. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the…
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October 14, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar regarding sending children and young adults at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides details on the number of students that can be accommodated at Carlisle through temporary shelters and through sending students…
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October 15, 1886
Request by Richard Henry Pratt for permission to send Noah Little Eagle (here Noel Little Eagle), Laura Good Nation, and Wamy Oso to their homes due to consumption.
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October 16, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt refers to earlier letter and asks if he can send a favorable reply to Bishop Huntington Agent for enrolling Onondaga children at the Carlisle Indian School.
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October 20, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for November 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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October 21, 1886
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding attempts to get a Mr. Moody to visit Carlisle. Pratt also mentions that 75 or more Florida Apache prisoner children are expected to arrive at the school soon, and that the school was recently inspected by a Mrs. Clarke of Virginia. This letter is part…
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October 25, 1886
Submission of voucher for expenses by Richard Henry Pratt related to visit from C. M. Clark, Special Agent for the Department, who was instructed to learn the Carlisle Indian School outing system.
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October 27, 1886
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1886 amounting to $11,389.32 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,667.50 for regular employee pay.
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October 27, 1886
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1886 amounting to $494.55 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
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November 1-9, 1886
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…
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November 4, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in October 1886. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages of…
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November 4, 1886 - November 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter to the Office of Indian Affairs from Thomas La Fort regarding enrolling students at the Carlisle Indian School from the St. Regis reservation.
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November 9, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $555.00 to purchase "Paragon" school seating at .85 cents per feet and transportation of supplies.
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November 10, 1886
Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (C. H. Hepburn) as well as one who changed positions (James H. Richards). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. An explanatory cover letter is included in which Pratt requests to hire an outing agent and to relieve a…
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November 10, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to cover the expense to return Christine Archiquette to her home due to hemorrhages.
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November 18, 1886
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for December 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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November 26, 1886
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a bookbinder to repair 150 worn out gospel hymnals.
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