T. S. Ansley writes to Thomas J. Morgan that he has arrived at the La Pointe Agency and that a number of Carlisle students are from that agency. As the students seem contented and doing well, and writing home in ways to induce others to attend Carlisle.
Morgan, Thomas Jefferson
June 21, 1892
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September 2, 1892
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a telegram from Thomas J. Morgan regarding his request that Carlisle take 75 Seneca students. Pratt notes that with the present enrollment plus those he has already accepted would put his enrollment at 782 with others to come. In addition, Carlisle will already have 79 students from New York which is more than he…
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October 1892
Louisa Smith requests from Thomas J. Morgan to be allowed to return to her home in order to sell her home land. Smith notes her property is not well cared for and the sale will enable her to return in the East and earn her own living.
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October 24, 1892
Thomas John requests from Thomas J. Morgan to have his granddaughter, Phoebe Baird, returned from her outing to the Carlisle Indian School. In her letter to him, Baird states that she has not been at school lately and desires to return to Carlisle in order to go back to school.
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November 26, 1892 - December 13, 1892
Correspondence related to claims from parents on the Cattaraugus Reservation of children at the Carlisle Indian School related to the return of their children. A. W. Ferrin, U.S. Indian Agent for New York Indians, relative to their claims from their children that they do not receive enough food to eat. Richard Henry Pratt suggests that these…
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December 11, 1892 - April 1, 1893
Mary M. Kennedy provides Thomas J. Morgan two letters regarding claims made by students at Carlisle regarding their punishment over complaints that they are not receiving enough food to eat. She further states that Richard Henry Pratt punishes students when he hears they have written home complaining and to not show the letters to him.
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December 21, 1892
Morgan Toprock requests from Thomas J. Morgan permission to attend school all day. Toprock notes that his request to Richard Henry Pratt was turned down. If he cannot attend full day school then he asks to return home after Christmas.
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December 21, 1892 - December 27, 1892
Paul Martin requests assistance from Thomas J. Morgan in locating his son, James Martin, who had runaway from the Carlisle Indian School. Martin encloses a letter from Richard Henry Pratt detailing the circumstances before James left Carlisle.
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December 23, 1892
Cornelia A. Merritt inquires from Thomas J. Morgan why teachers at the Carlisle Indian School are not permitted a holiday break from teaching.
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January 9, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from Thomas J. Morgan providing him answers to various questions including the enrollment figures over the school's history and presently in 1893. He then discusses the education philosophy of the school when it comes to industrial training and the outing program. Pratt ends by noting the success Carlisle…
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January 14, 1893 - January 20, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to complaints of Bertha Parker regarding her brother Ely Parker and her cousin Nellie Kennedy both of whom are students at the Carlisle Indian School. Parker further claims that both have claimed that they are not getting enough food to eat and that Pratt is lying when he tells them that they are gaining weight. In…
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January 24, 1893 - February 6, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Mark D. Evarts written to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs asking for his money held by Pratt. Pratt notes that he is holding onto the money because Evarts has been spending his money quickly and that he should be increasing his savings rather than diminishing them. After receiving the letter from…
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January 30, 1893
Mary M. Kennedy writes to the Office of Indian Affairs requesting that the New York students at the Carlisle Indian School be returned. Kennedy claims that the students are not receiving enough food to eat. In addition, one student whose father requested his return was claimed to be healthy by Richard Henry Pratt but upon his return he was…
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February 20, 1893
John and Mary Archiquette ask Thomas J. Morgan to order the return of their children William and Sarah from the Carlisle Indian School.
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March 31, 1893
Mary M. Kennedy writes to Thomas J. Morgan asking him to help her granddaughter at the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy claims that her granddaughter is in danger and that all of the students are afraid of Richard Henry Pratt. Kennedy ends her letter by requesting the return of her granddaughter.
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April 18, 1893 - April 21, 1893
Richard Henry Pratt provides an endorsement of former student Jesse Bent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Bent's request.
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January 1897 - February 5, 1897
David R. Francis forwards a copy of the Red Man Vol. XIV No. 2 to the Office of Indian Affairs. Francis highlights an article concerning the civil service in the Indian School Service.
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