Richard Henry Pratt forward clerk Nana Pratt's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence.
1890-1899
July 7, 1897
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July 7, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards dairyman William B. Gray's application for a 9-day annual leave of absence.
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July 9, 1897
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1897.
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July 10-14, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from twelve newly appointed employees (Gertrude E. Simmons, Louisa Geisdorff, Mabel M. Buck, Delia Randell, Cora Wheeler, Alex B. Upshaw, Vincent Nahtailsh, James R. Wheelock, James D. Flannery, Thomas Marshall, Taylor Smith, and William Colombe). Pratt also notes that two other employees (Ella…
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July 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs increase the expenditure for services of an attending physician to $600.
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July 19, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter explaining his decision to not renominate Rose Bourassa and Martha Hench for continued employment at Carlisle.
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July 20, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence.
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July 20, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
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July 20, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt submits a supplemental estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1897 amounting to $1,840.00 to close the account for the fiscal year.
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July 21, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant superintendent A. J. Standing's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 21, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
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July 22, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt provides information and recommendation regarding former student William F. Campbell being hired to look after the legal affairs of the Chippewa Nation.
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July 22, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular "white" employees who worked at the school during June 1897. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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July 23, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay expenses associated with the treatment of three students at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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July 24, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expenses associated in the capture and return of four runaway pupils from Wittenberg, Wisconsin.
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July 28, 1897
Robert J. Hamilton inquires of W. A. Jones if Richard Henry Pratt has the authority to intercept any letter sent to the students of the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 29, 1897
Charles Low Cloud and Samuel Decora (here Samuel Decorah) request help from Richard Henry Pratt in order to receive their annuity payments.
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July 29, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for July and August 1897. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month, and he notes that all the irregular employees will be student workers.
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August 1897
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1897.
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August 5, 1897
Acting Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ryan informs Clinton C. Duncan that his resignation from the Indian Service is modified to take effect on June 30, 1897.
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August 6, 1897 - April 21, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return Marguerite Provost and Louise Provost to their home. Pratt also encloses two letters from Marianna Burgess regarding the case.
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August 7, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the new and old lease for the Hocker Farm and requests that it be approved. Pratt provides information on the purchase of the farm as well as the possibility that it will be sold and further notes that the lease goes into improvements with any remainder going into the Charity Fund.
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August 7, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of receipt-supplies-contract (flour and grains) blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
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August 9, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on decisions made in regards to irregular labor mentioned in the May and June 1897 report. He informs the Commissioner that the unauthorized labor was paid for through charitable funds and not by the federal government.
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August 9, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant printer Levi St. Cyr's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
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