Richard Henry Pratt requests authority for emergency supplies and labor to repair buildings damaged by a cyclone.
Request to Spend Funds
Currently being used to cover any requests for money, requests for authorization to spend money, vouchers being submitted, and requests for reimbursement. Essentially any time money is being requested for a specific purpose. Correspondence related to annual funding should be tagged with the Topic tag "Financial Affairs - School Budget."
July 4, 1902
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July 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the dental bills of students who have not been able to earn money to pay their own bills.
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December 1, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase an office desk, a large laundry stove, and a morning report book on the open market. Pratt also requests to employ various irregular employees.
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March 7, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of George Bears Arm and requests authority to pay the vouchers associated with his treatment and bringing him back from Philadelphia.
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March 11, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests an additional $3,000 for transporting students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School having already exhausted the budgeted transportation funds.
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March 18, 1903
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School has $34,755.84 on credit with the Assistant Treasurer in New York along with sale of manufactured goods and money with Commissioner of Indian Affairs for a total balance of $40,584.28. As a result, Allen renews his request for authorization to spend an…
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April 4, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt emphasizes to the Office of Indian Affairs the need to authorize spending an additional $3,000 to transport students to and from the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 2, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the board of students being treated for eye ailments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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July 2, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1904 fiscal year.
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August 6, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests the services of a painter for 60 days to assist in painting buildings on the Carlisle Indian School grounds.
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August 6, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests authority to pay the wife of Oliver Harlan, Assistant Farmer, for her services as a housekeeper during the summer months while students live on the school farm.
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September 3, 1903
Edgar A. Allen forwards voucher for the burial expenses of Katie Adams.
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October 27, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a painter, mason, and plasterer as well as supplies to varnish woodwork and to add a bathroom.
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December 9, 1903
Edgar A. Allen forwards bill and voucher for the veterinarian services provided by Dr. S. P. Bishop.
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December 17, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests authority to pay expenses incurred in the treatment of Thomas Mayo while on outing.
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January 5, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to buy various vitrified china marked "Carlisle Indian School" for the school.
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February 10, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay vouchers for services related to student deaths at the Carlisle Indian School.
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March 15, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests modification of authority providing money to pay board of students undergoing special treatment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratt requests that the authority include the cost of transportation and an escort.
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March 28, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to replace the pipes which provide water to the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 4, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase materials and employ specialized labor to erect a double cottage for employees along with the school's labor. Pratt asks that his request be approved immediately in order to complete the building before the end of the fiscal year. Pratt also includes the blueprints for the proposed building.…
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May 10, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards voucher for treatment of a student on outing as well as services for a burial of a student.
Note: The funereal expenses mentioned in this letter likely refer to the burial of Jemima Metoxen, who had died during the previous month and been buried at the school cemetery.
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May 20, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a third story to the small boys dormitory in order to alleviate crowding during the winter.
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June 22, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Anastasia Achwack. (Family have indicated that the proper spelling of her last name should be Ashouwak.) He further requests authority to pay for her burial.
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June 30, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School exceeded its authority for returning students to their homes by $1248.61. As a result Pratt requests authority to spend that sum in the last quarter of fiscal year 1904.
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July 9, 1904
Request by William A. Mercer to spend money on the treatment of students who fall sick while on outing as well as for sending students to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for eye treatment.
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