Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Supplies – Requests and Fulfillment
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1891 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23614_c1307.jpg?itok=ZHFF8MM9)
![Request to Purchase Various Supplies on the Open Market Request to Purchase Various Supplies on the Open Market](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0764_29130_0002.jpg?itok=WM88UWe4)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase needed supplies on the open market due to being out of various contract goods that are not being replaced quickly enough.
![Request for Authority to Purchase Various Supplies Request for Authority to Purchase Various Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0765_29498_0002.jpg?itok=CZ9UJF0-)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority he asked for in his previous telegram of two days prior to purchase needed supplies on the open market due to being out of various contract goods that are not being replaced quickly enough.
![Request to Purchase Soft Wool Hats on the Open Market Request to Purchase Soft Wool Hats on the Open Market](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0779_34156_0001.jpg?itok=cwzFr_Og)
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he left off his estimate wool hats in order to buy them on the open market. Pratt indicates that the wool hats purchased by the Department are too inferior for the School's uses. He asks authority to purchase 50 dozen soft wool hats at a cost not to exceed $9 per dozen.
![Difference in School Supplies Received to What was Requested Difference in School Supplies Received to What was Requested](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0793_39876_0003.jpg?itok=AIvhbiRy)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that there are differences between the quantities of school books requested and what was received. Pratt states that he hopes the differences were not denied or cut without his consultation.
![Report Responding to Questions on the Carlisle Indian School Report Responding to Questions on the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0810_45991_c1695.jpg?itok=4zgUV8F0)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report responding to questions from the Office of Indian Affairs on the needs of the Carlisle Indian School. Included are discussions on the need for more land, additional educational needs, and industrial training including the limitations of the industrial instruction received at Carlisle.
Pratt also…
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1891 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0803_43642_c1553.jpg?itok=aM-UG4AN)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Estimate of Supplies, January 1892 Estimate of Supplies, January 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0814_01559_c1779.jpg?itok=D1MbRni9)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $339.60 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0831_8387__0001.jpg?itok=FvmoLr6c)
Charles H. Thompson forwards an inspection report of the Carlisle Indian School on March 2, 1892. Thompson's report examines a wide range of topics related to the school including the buildings, health of students, food, student's social lives, industrial training, outings, and academic training.
Thompson also includes a number of…
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, March 1892 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, March 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0840_11863_0001.jpg?itok=OhZ9IFd2)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests 100 blank payroll of irregular employees forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Estimate of Funds and Estimate of Supplies, Fourth Quarter 1892 Estimate of Funds and Estimate of Supplies, Fourth Quarter 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0860_18502_c1708.jpg?itok=bZzsmQM8)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1892 amounting to $11,998.25 for treaty fund. Richard H. Pratt also sends an Estimate of Supplies amounting to $449.40. An explanatory cover letter is included.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, June 1892 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, June 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0872_22928_c1959.jpg?itok=QAxR66qH)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Estimate of Supplies, July 1892 Estimate of Supplies, July 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0883_24445_c7849.jpg?itok=ftzbLbRt)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1893 amounting to $464.00 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Estimate of Supplies, October 1892 Estimate of Supplies, October 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0916_37243_c1692.jpg?itok=OlVa-K05)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1893 amounting to $475.28 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1892 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0932_43912_0002.jpg?itok=6MBrfwZ3)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1892 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0935_44968_c2359.jpg?itok=vCgMTe_G)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1892 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0939_31_c2557.jpg?itok=P7no0HXE)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of report of changes in employees blank forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Requisition of Blanks and Blank Books, January 1893 Requisition of Blanks and Blank Books, January 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0939_400_c2564.jpg?itok=GKYRJx-n)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of payroll of irregular employees blank forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Estimate of Supplies, January 1893 Estimate of Supplies, January 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0942_1460_c2676_1.jpg?itok=0noK-Ova)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1893 amounting to $455.51 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Requisition of Blanks and Blank Books, January 1893 Requisition of Blanks and Blank Books, January 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b945_2806_c2519.jpg?itok=IOyLE-kL)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Special Requisition for Stationery, March 1893 Special Requisition for Stationery, March 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0964_10642_c1993.jpg?itok=wzsxfNHy)
Captain Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.
![Data in Reference to Various Supplies Data in Reference to Various Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0964_10549_0001.jpg?itok=joKQbKvN)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that has a found a cheaper grade of goods satisfactory from J. L. Mott in New York City. These goods include bath tubs, compression bibbs, enameled washstands, and waterclosets.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, March 1893 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, March 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0966_11222_0003.jpg?itok=12SOAUlU)
Richard Henry Pratt requests blanks of administrative reports that had not been delivered despite being ordered in December 1892. Department of Interior Chief Clerk E. M. Dawson explains that they were not delivered because Pratt's office had not actually asked for them.
![Requisition for Stationery, April 1893 Requisition for Stationery, April 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0968_12265_c2918_0.jpg?itok=gqnsmes8)
Captain Richard Henry Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, May 1893 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, May 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0981_17531_c3034.jpg?itok=jfWpwrtU)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.