Eugene Mead, Superintendent of the Carson Indian School, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dennison Wheelock has selected ten members of the school's band to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School in order to participate in the Paris Exposition.
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July 6, 1898
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July 6, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $10,000 during the 1899 fiscal year in the transportation of students to and from Carlisle.
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July 6, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt provides an overview of the death of Frank Green and requests authority to pay the bill associated with the costs of Green's death.
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July 6, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1899.
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July 6, 1898
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests 100 blank leave of absence forms for the school.
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July 13, 1898
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1898. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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July 16, 1898 - May 4, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the rations at the Carlisle Indian School remain the same as they were in 1898 when previously given an exemption.
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July 18, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fannie I. Peter's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 18, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Jennie P. Cochran's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 19, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress E. Corbett's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 19, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 26-day annual leave of absence.
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July 22 - November 9, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards fifteen certificates of attendance at summer school for fourteen employees: Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Mary Bailey (teacher), Bessie Barclay (teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Fanny G.…
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July 26, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant superintendent A. J. Standing's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 26, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant cook Laura A. Dandridge's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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August 1-3, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a physician's certificate to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs verifying that small boys' matron, Lida B. Given has undergone surgery in Philadelphia and will need a month's time for recovery. Pratt also sends a cover letter requesting that Given be granted leave until August.
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August 5, 1898
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1898.
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August 5, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has made arrangements with Dr. S. L. Diven to serve as the school physician for the Carlisle Indian School.
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August 5, 1898
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 1898. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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August 8, 1898 - September 3, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request for the return of Uriah Goodcane written at the request of his father Daniel Milk.
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August 13, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs ask the Attorney General to direct the District Attorney of Philadelphia to prosecute a saloon-keeper in Ringoes, New Jersey for selling intoxicants to students on outing.
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August 15, 1898
Lizzie Hill asks W. A. Jones if she has been appointed as an Assistant Matron. If not, she would like to return home for a visit and then return to Carlisle to go on outing.
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August 15, 1898
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.
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August 18, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the status of the Carlisle Indian School's physical plant as well as the number of students the school is able to accommodate. In particular, he proposes a number of repairs and improvements.
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August 18, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. A. Jones that Lizzie Hill would fill the position mentioned by him.
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August 22, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to take students on a summer outing at the Pine Grove Furnace.
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