1887

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Index Card with table recording demographic information and details of employment
October 1, 1880

The service record card for Marianna Burgess's employment with the Office of Indian Affairs. The card indicates that she began working as a teacher at the Pawnee Agency in 1873 then left to become a teacher at Carlisle in 1880. She continued to teach at Carlisle until 1884 when she became a Truant Officer, a Registering Officer, then the…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Tall Chief Requests the Return of His Daughter Myrtie Tallchief
December 1884 - February 19, 1887

Tall Chief writes to the U.S. Indian Agent James I. David of the Osage Agency requesting his assistance in returning his daughter Myrtie Tallchief from the Carlisle Indian School. David forwarded the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs seeking their advice.

Also included is a school record of Myrtie Tallchief documenting her progress…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School
April 28, 1886 - January 11, 1888

T. S. Childs makes a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on Carlisle Indian School and the Indian Training School at the Hampton Institute. Childs report was prompted by complaints made against the Hampton Institute related to the health and discipline of students. Childs report focuses mostly on Hampton while examining Carlisle in order to…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Forwarded Invoice for Shortage of Coffee Boilers
November 24, 1886 - January 31, 1887

John R. Wilbon, Superintendent of the Office of Indian Affairs Warehouse in New York, forwards a receipt covering shortage of three coffee boilers for the Carlisle Indian School.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Irregular Employees Required for January 1887
December 20, 1886

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Estimate of Funds and Employee Pay, First Quarter 1886
December 28, 1886

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1886 amounting to $9,711.65 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,817.50 for regular employee pay. 

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Estimate of Supplies, December 1886
December 28, 1886

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1887 amounting to $234.15 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.

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Guidance Sought for Escort for Henry and Frank Blatchford
January 3, 1887

J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, seeks guidance from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transfer of Henry and Frank (here Francis) Blatchford from Odanah, Wisconsin to the Carlisle Indian School. The students' grandfather, Henry Blatchford, had written Gregory regarding an escort for his grandsons to which…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
"An Evening with the Carlisle Indian School"
January 15, 1887

An invitation for a series of exercises, performed by Carlisle Indian School students, which include industrial demonstrations, recitations, songs, drawings, and a debate.  The event was billed as a way to show "the capacity of the Indian to receive education," and was open to the general public.

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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Irregular Employees Required for February 1887
January 20, 1887

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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Notice of Departure of Henry and Frank Blatchford
January 21, 1887

J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Henry and Frank Blatchford left Odanah, Wisconsin for their trip to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Add Carpenter to Irregular Employee Roll for February 1887
January 29, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he omitted a carpenter to assist in general repairs in his Report of Irregular Employees for the month of February 1887.

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Joseph Vetter Seeks Assistance in Obtaining Inheritance and Return of Sister
January 31, 1887

Joseph Vetter requests the help of C. H. Grover, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pottawatomi and Great Nemaha Agency, in regards to his and his sister's inheritance from their father. In addition, he requests the return of his sister Josie from the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
List of Unserviceable Property and Requesting it be Dropped from Property Returns for February 1887
February 12, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.

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Pratt Requests Vaccine be Sent for New Students
February 12, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt requests to be sent two crusts vaccine viruses in order to vaccinate new students.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return George Hill and Flora Well Known
February 14, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return George Hill and Flora Well Known to Custer, Montana before their terms of enrollment expire. Pratt makes this request due to a job offer to the students from the Unitarian Board which is setting up a school on the Crow Agency. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Departure of Flora Well Known and George Hill Urged
February 18, 1887

Pratt telegraphs that General J. F. B. Marshall urges that Flora Well Known and George Hill depart soon so that they can be employed as teachers in the Crow School. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Forwards Descriptive Statement of Pupils Arriving in January 1887
February 18, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the descriptive statement of pupils transported to the Carlisle Indian School from Odanah, Wisconsin and Laguna, New Mexico in January 1887.  

Note: The descriptive statement itself was missing.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Irregular Employees Required for March 1887
February 19, 1887

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for March 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Recommendation on Filling Harness Shop at Fort Stevenson School
February 22, 1887 - March 26, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from George W. Scott, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson, who had requested Pratt recommend a student to oversee the newly created harness shop at the Fort Stevenson School. Pratt responds that he does not believe that the Carlisle Indian School provides sufficient training to allow for students to…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Lena Black Bear and Thomas Kester
February 23, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Thomas Kester and Lena Black Bear to their homes due to ill health. Pratt indicates that the school has carried them through the poor weather but believes that a change will be beneficial.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Louis Bayhylle to Pawnee Agency
February 23, 1887

Charles Robinson, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, forwards a copy of a letter he sent to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a request to return Louis Bayhylle due to his father's illness. Robinson states that Baptiste Bayhylle is essential for him to recruit students for Haskell at the Pawnee Agency but he will only assist if his son is…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Myrtie Tallchief
February 28, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Myrtie Tallchief. Pratt informs the Office that on July 27, 1885 all of the Osage students at Carlisle were transferred to Martinsburg, Pennsylvania including Myrtie Tallchief.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Response to Objection of Employment of Flora Well Known and George Hill
February 28, 1887

H. F. Bond, the Superintendent of the Montana Industrial School for Indians, responds to the objections of the Office of Indian Affairs for allowing Flora Well Known and George to leave Carlisle early and to enter employment at the school as assistants. Bond presents his case for allowing Well Known and Hill to become assistants including their…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Instructions Sought in Case of Flora Well Known and George Hill
March 14, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a note that General J. F. B. Marshall has written the Office regrading George Hill and Flora Well Known. Pratt further asks for instructions from the Office.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration