William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering the expense of Arthur J. Lee incurred in treating Stanley Bullethead of the Uintah and Ouray Agency.
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."
June 19, 1906
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June 30, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards a letter from school physician Ferdinand Shoemaker and provides additional context for the request to purchase a secondhand dental drill for the use of dentists to treat students.
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July 2, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia during the 1907 fiscal year.
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July 3, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract in order to use the land for pasture.
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July 3, 1906
William A. Mercer requests $400 for the rental of the Alexander Tract during the current year to use a playground for students of the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 21, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for expenses involved in placing students in their outing homes as well as visiting them.
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August 2, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs authorize an additional assistant farmer position to assist the second school farm.
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August 22, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering expenses in transporting Alaskan students to their homes.
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August 30, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for shipping the body of John Phillips to his parents.
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September 7, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards a voucher for horse-shoeing along with the bill and requests authority to pay for the service.
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September 11, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering expenses of transporting student Lottie Hilton to Los Angeles, California.
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September 20, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase various supplies on the open market for the construction of a physician's cottage at the Carlisle Indian School.
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September 22, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay an additional $600 to pay for student labor over the 1906 summer.
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September 24, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for the temporary employment of Annie E. Steel, probably as a laundress, although that is not stated.
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October 10, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for the return of Louis Paul (here Lewis Paul) to his home in Alaska.
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October 10, 1906
William A. Mercer submits voucher for travel expenses incurred by Harry F. Weber to inspect a stone crusher offered for sale to the Carlisle Indian School.
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October 11, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards a catalog requesting the purchase of a revolving screen for a stone crusher. Mercer notes that the screen is needed to obtain fine crushed stone for macadamizing and concrete work.
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October 24, 1906 - December 10, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards receipt of Dr. P. F. Sheaffer for the treatment of Margaret Burton while on the outing system near Christiana, Pennsylvania. Mercer requests authority to issue a voucher for the payment.
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November 9, 1906
William A. Mercer submits voucher for the application medical examination of five students to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School.
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November 9, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards voucher for payment of examination fees of candidates for admission to the Carlisle Indian School.
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December 7, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase Christmas gifts for students on the open market in order to place them under the school Christmas tree.
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December 8, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards voucher covering surgery for Edith Bartlett who was attending the State Normal School at Bloomsburg.
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December 12, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards voucher of E. H. Colegrove in returning two runaway students.
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January 17, 1907
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase extra material for graduation dresses' for the Senior Class.
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January 25, 1907
William A. Mercer forwards voucher and bill of farrier's service due to the inability of the blacksmith to handle the feet of the horses. Mercer requests authority to pay for the service.
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