Financial Affairs - Management

Richard Henry Pratt requests that his nominations of employees be acted upon soon to avoid entanglements on pay rolls.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter accepting release for students and teachers from exhibit in Indian School at Chicago and also accepts allowance.

Richard Henry Pratt requests from Daniel M. Browning the authority to spend additional money in returning students and special authority in recruiting students. He includes a suggested document to meet his requirements.

Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing provide the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information in regards to his report of irregular employees for June 1894. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the funds were paid and requests the report be approved. 

Richard H. Pratt lists the cash and property accounts for the fourth quarter of  fiscal year 1894 and forwards them to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

Richard H. Pratt forwards answers and explanations to exceptions to his cash and property accounts from the second quarter of fiscal year 1894.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to spend $4,000 to return students home during the current fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to use unexpended money from the current fiscal year along with some additional funds from the following fiscal year to erect an addition to the Gymnasium.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $5,000 in the transportation of students to and from the Carlisle Indian School.

Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards several financial documents from June and the fourth quarter of 1895 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt requests for the unused portion of an authority in the purchase of supplies for the addition to the gymnasium.

Richard H. Pratt submits a "Supplementary" Estimate of Funds form for the first quarter of 1897 amounting to $12,432.00 for the construction of a new laundry building, enlarging the workshops, and transporting students to and from their homes.

Correspondence regarding a request by Richard Henry Pratt for Congress to reimburse the Carlisle Appropriation $1,800 caused by the need to make repairs due to a cyclone.

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards the approval letter for his September 1896 irregular employees report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks him to attach the report to the 1897 first quarter voucher number 84.  

Richard Henry Pratt contests a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs which objects to his use of private funds to pay employee salaries. Pratt claims that the position of the Commissioner is not according to the law nor the position of Government. Pratt further states that he has used the charity fund throughout the history of the school in…

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards the approval letter for March 1897 irregular employees report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pratt also submits a statement showing the ages of students whose transportation was paid for during the third quarter of 1897.

Note: The actual approval letter and statement were missing when this file…

Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting he places funds in his account and approves his irregular employee reports for May and June.   

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. 

Correspondence regarding paying Effie Moul as an irregular employee during the absence with pay of J. W. Hendron.

Voucher for traveling expenses of Antoino Apache during his recruiting trip to the Fort Apache and San Carlos Agencies for the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence regarding a sub-voucher of Augusta C. Stouch who brought a party of students to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency as an escort.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has taken grain from the Express Office and paid expressage and forwards the bill.

Thomas Ryan disallows Richard Henry Pratt's request to purchase supplies for improvements and extensions to the school plant on the open market.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to turn over the Carlisle Indian School Band instruments to the government accounting in order to reimburse the charity funds. Pratt also details the history of how he acquired instruments for the band.

Alfred J. Standing inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs the price the Carlisle Indian School should invoice for supplying the Chicago warehouse 140 sets of double harness with collars to be distributed to various agencies and schools in the Indian Service.