Request to Spend Funds

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase one canal boat worth of anthracite coal at $1.72 per ton.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the additional coal delivered due to fully loading train cars.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that due to the poor harvest of forage supplies including hay, corn, oats, and wheat that the supplies at the Carlisle Indian School are extremely low. As a result, he requests emergency authorization to purchase forage supplies on the open market.

Richard Henry Pratt follows up his request for emergency authorization to purchase forage supplies on the open market including timothy hay, straw, shelled corn, and oats.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expenses associated with the treatment of Mary Tallchief's eyes at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to expend $200 in outside labor in making uniform coats and pants as well as purchasing farm and garden seeds and postage for student correspondence.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase an additional 500 yards of Canton flannel.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the number of spring wagons, carriages, and harnesses for Indian Agencies has exceeded estimates and therefore there is a need to replenish supplies to produce these items.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various electric lights for recently constructed buildings as well as asbestos cement for pipes and incidental repairs to buildings.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the voucher for the treatment of Sherman Seneca at the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay dental bills of students who do not have the money to cover the expense.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of materials from the annual estimate for 1902 which he believes should be purchased through the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 100 telescope valises for the use of new students to travel with to their outing homes.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to adopt a card system of keeping a record of students since the beginning of the school, and to purchase cards and a card cabinet to store them in. 

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that coal previously purchased is inadequate and requests authority to purchase an additional 375 tons of coal.

Alfred John Standing requests authority to spend $76 in the purchase of 200 diplomas.

Alfred John Standing requests authority to purchase band caps for the Carlisle Indian School band for the 1901 inaugural parade.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay additional labor including a painter and carpenter as well as general repairs. Pratt notes that the labor is needed to begin repair work to avoid a rush of work during the vacation months.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a farm wagon that was built at the Carlisle Indian School needs to be replaced. In addition, the new school farm requires two additional wagons. As a result, Pratt requests authority to purchase materials necessary for the for the manufacture of the farm wagons in addition to those…

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay six individuals to work the entire day at the school farms of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also requests to purchase 200 pairs of shoes on the open market.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 300 bushels of potatoes for the kitchen and planting at the school farm.

Richard Henry Pratt requests immediate authority to purchase five horses for the new school farm for plowing during good weather.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have a telephone placed at the Kutz Farm connected with the general exchange and the school at the cost of $18 per year. Pratt notes that the phone can be attached to the line on the Hocker Farm.

Alfred John Standing requests authority to purchase an additional five tons of hay for dairy cows and 250 bushels of oats for planting and feeding the new horses.

Richard Henry Pratt requests supplies to repair fences on the Carlisle Indian School grounds and at the Parker Farm.