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Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from R. L. Moore for the return of his Rienzi from the Carlisle Indian School.

Supplemental estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1897 amounting to $1,875.00 for support of the school and regular employee pay.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Elmer N. Snyder's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Snyder works as a tailor. 

Richard Henry Pratt provides information on Robert O. Marmon (apparently not a student or former student of the school) upon his application for entering the Indian School service.

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1898 amounting to $28,181.41 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,745 for regular employee pay.

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1898 amounting to $499.45 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.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 in rent for the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1898. Pratt additionally forwards the lease with the request that it be extended for one year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1898.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend money in the transportation of students to and from Carlisle during the 1898 fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend money visiting outing pupils during the 1898 fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Rosa Bourassa's request for a 21-day leave of absence due to eye trouble.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence. Hill works as a laundress. 

Mariette Wood requests a transfer to the Carlisle Indian School as a teacher. Richard Henry Pratt forwards and endorses the application.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Prudence Miles' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

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 requests authority to alter the salaries of several teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting he places funds in his account and approves his irregular employee reports for May and June.   

Richard Henry Pratt forwards nurse M. S. Barr's application for a 50-day leave of absence, 30 days of annual leave and 20 days to attend post-graduate instruction at Boston City Hospital.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards thirteen certificates of attendance for employees: W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), J. W. Hendren (teacher), Fannie I. Peter (teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Mary Bailey (assistant…

Bessie Barclay applies for a transfer to the Carlisle Indian School as a lower grade teacher from the Winnebago Agency. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the application to the Office of Indian Affairs along with his recommendation.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of Fanny W. Noble's service and time at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards laundress Ella G. Hill's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Pratt also forwards physicians' certificates confirming Hill's leave of absence was related to illness. 

Richard Henry Pratt forward clerk Nana Pratt's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards dairyman William B. Gray's application for a 9-day annual leave of absence.

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1897.