Pratt, Richard Henry

D. U. Betts requests that his appointment as a teacher in the Indian Service be changed from Pyramid Lake to Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter accepting release for students and teachers from exhibit in Indian School at Chicago and also accepts allowance.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles Red Hawk Smith to be returned home. Pratt provides reports from the school's physician and disciplinarian as well as two outing reports from Smith's patron. As a result Pratt recommends that Smith be allowed to be returned home.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a petition from the Comanche Nation to keep their U.S. Indian Agent George Day.

Also a brief note that a few members of the Agency stopped in Chicago and saw the Carlisle exhibit.

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 April 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor," whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that David U. Betts departed for Pyramid Lake due to not hearing earlier from the Office of Indian Affairs.

Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Lydia L. Hunt and recommends her for a position as a matron.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to Mary M. Kennedy's request to return her granddaughter Flora Patterson. Pratt notes that Patterson died at the Racine Home in Philadelphia, after having contracted quick consumption.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the lease of the Henderson Farm with Government funds due to a depleted Charity Fund. Pratt notes that the farm is necessary for additional grazing and farming purposes as well as drainage.

Cornelia A. Merritt, teacher, accepts transfer to the Navajo Boarding School at Fort Defiance, Arizona.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Mollie V. Gaither's application for an 18-day leave of absence. Gaither works as a teacher.  

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the sick leave granted to Miss Phillips. Pratt outlines changes he wishes to make to reduce the expenses of employing irregular employees.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding to superintendent vacancies among Indian Schools. Pratt notes that of his employees the Carlisle Indian School disciplinarian William P. Campbell would be disposed to accept a position as well as the school physician C. R. Dixon. Pratt ends by stating that Alfred John…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards dairyman Richard Davis' application for a 45-day leave of absence to visit his tribe at Darlington, Oklahoma Territory. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Cornelia A. Merritt's application for a 22-day leave of absence to prepare for her transfer to the west. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests that Katherine J. Wiest be assigned to the Carlisle Indian School as a teacher in addition to Mr. Deavor and Mr. Drum. Pratt notes that Wiest was employed as a teacher at Carlisle after failing to obtain a teacher from the Civil Service Commission and that she has since taken the Civil Service examination and passed…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Rosa Bourassa's application for an 18-day leave of absence. Bourassa works as an assistant matron. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards dressmaker Helen A. Lord's application for a 19-day leave of absence. Lord will not return to work after the fiscal year and wants to take a leave of absence before then. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 21-day leave of absence. Luckenbach works as a clerk. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Emma Abbott Cutter's request for a 32-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Annie M. Worthington's application for a 30-day sick leave of absence. Worthington works as the superintendent of the sewing department. Also included is the physician's certificate verifying Worthington's illness. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Della F. Botsford's request for a 32-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lillie R. Shaffner's request for a 14-day leave of absence to attend two educational conventions in Chicago. Shaffner works as a matron in charge of girls. 

Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting to have matron Lillie R. Shaffner's leave of absence granted immediately.