Norcross, George

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dr. George Norcross has replaced J. A. McCauley as a member of the Executive Committee on the Board of Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School.

Samuel Blackwell, Auditor, returns the lease of the Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs.

Samuel Blackwell, Auditor with the Office of Auditor for the Interior Department, forwards for the purpose of renewal the lease of the Henderson Tract between R. M. Henderson, George Norcross, and Richard Henry Pratt dated August 20, 1890 to the Office of the Indian Affairs.

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.

This audit and report, which concerns the finances of the Carlisle Indian School as administered by Richard Henry Pratt, was prepared immediately following his retirement as superintendent of the school. The report focuses on the use of non-governmental funds - charitable donations to the school, as well as income earned through athletics and…

Correspondence and legal documents regarding ownership of the Sanno lot, originally purchased by Richard Henry Pratt in 1893 as a member of the Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School for the school, and later conveyed to the government in 1914.