William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1905 fiscal year.
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 9, 1904
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July 9, 1904
Request for the purchase of academic supplies for the Carlisle Indian School by William A. Mercer.
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July 9, 1904
Request by William A. Mercer to purchase on the open market postage stamps for student letters and burial expenses in case of student deaths during the year.
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July 29, 1904
William A. Mercer forwards the plans and specifications for adding a third story to the small boys dormitory and revises the estimate.
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September 3, 1904
William A. Mercer forwards for approval a voucher for the casket of Mabel Stack.
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September 19, 1904
William A. Mercer forwards voucher for burial and casket of Mabel Stack and voucher for casket of James Wolfe.
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September 26, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by stating that he has submitted Helen E. Krise for a temporary position as Clerk to replace Fannie I. Peter.
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September 28, 1904
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase 24 marble head stones for the Carlisle Indian School cemetery. Mercer notes that the cemetery is in poor condition with 18 unmarked graves.
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October 6, 1904
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $125 in the purchase of nursery stock in the open market. Mercer states that he plans on planting an orchard consisting of various fruit trees along with currants and grapes to go with the agriculture training.
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October 18, 1904
J. R. Wise responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding a desire for an itemized statement regarding specific trees for nursery stock.
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October 25, 1904
Acting Superintendent John R. Wise requests permission to employ irregular employees to make changes and repairs to buildings and other school property. Wise includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the jobs.
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December 5, 1904
Captain William Mercer informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he used authority 91142 to make payments to several irregular employees mentioned in the October 1904 report.
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December 5, 1904
William A. Mercer requests authority to employ a steam fitter to make repairs to the steam heating plant along with completing the work at the double cottage being constructed.
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January 12, 1905
William A. Mercer requests to be able to furnish Laura Taylor with funds to travel to the Navajo Agency Training School to take a position as an assistant seamstress.
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February 1, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards voucher for payment covering the medical treatment of Katherine Ransom (here Katie Ransom) while on outing.
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February 4, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards voucher for the treatment of seven students on the outing program.
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March 11, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Florence M. Carter. Mercer outlines his plan to temporary employ a teacher to fill her position.
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April 13, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for the purchase of two burial caskets.
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May 6, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to spend $500 in the open market to purchase supplies and in labor costs to make emergency repairs to buildings and other school property.
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May 9, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay voucher for the casket used in the burial of Delia Williams.
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May 11, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to build an addition to the Carlisle Indian School Chapel and provides details on the procurement of supplies and cost of labor.
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May 30, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase an Insinger dish washing machine.
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June 9, 1905
J. R. Wise follows up on William A. Mercer's letter to employ kalsominers for 60 days.
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June 15, 1905
J. R. Wise notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that a hydraulic engineer was employed to provide information on installing a new system of water supply for the school. Wise notes that the plans and cost will be submitted at a later date but that he hopes the cost will be authorized.
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June 20, 1905 - June 21, 1905
J. R. Wise forwards bill of Fisk Goodyear for coal supplied to the Carlisle Indian School and provides details for why it was shipped prior to Department approval.
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