Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a student joined the Forepaugh & Sells show and he requests the Office order his return if they have any connection with them.
Pratt, Richard Henry
![Pratt Requests Office Order Return of Student from Show Pratt Requests Office Order Return of Student from Show](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1662_25547_0002.jpg?itok=nITUssXe)
![Supplemental Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1899 Supplemental Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1662_25702_c6348.jpg?itok=lMsmfuL4)
Supplemental estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1899 amounting to $2,442.40 for beef and mutton contracts and support of the school.
![Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Instructions on Paris Exhibit Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Instructions on Paris Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1664_26780_0003.jpg?itok=7ygBbdYq)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning the Office exhibit at the Paris Exposition. Pratt notes that the Office exhibit would be of more interest to the colonizing people of Europe due to their colonies.
![Twenty-One Requests for Leave of Absence Twenty-One Requests for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1667_27791_0002.jpg?itok=Tem1xBVu)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards twenty-one employees' leave of absence applications: Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Jenny Ericson (sloyd teacher), O. H. Bakeless (principal teacher), Rebecca J. Sawyer (music teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Emma A.…
![Edwin Chalcraft Requests to be Kept in Mind for Vacant Clerk Positions Edwin Chalcraft Requests to be Kept in Mind for Vacant Clerk Positions](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1674_31276_0001.jpg?itok=zEsA0XL4)
Edwin L. Chalcraft requests that he be kept in mind if Richard Henry Pratt hears of anyone looking for a clerk in the Indian Service.
![Requested Approval of Jessie L. McIntire's Request for Leave of Absence Requested Approval of Jessie L. McIntire's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1666_27606_0001.jpg?itok=5z4mYGks)
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he is granting Miss Jessie L. McIntire (teacher) leave of absence as she requested as long as she reports at Carlisle by September 1st. McIntire was unable to take leave before her transfer to Carlisle from Warm Springs, Oregon.
![Request for Update on Sowerby's Transfer Request for Update on Sowerby's Transfer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1666_27685_0001.jpg?itok=Ig3LiCGQ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests update on the transfer of J. D. Sowerby before making his July nominations.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1900 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28686_c6324.jpg?itok=SVWJJ2-d)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1900 amounting to $54,663.28 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $11,845.00 for regular employee pay.
![Estimate of Supplies, June 1899 Estimate of Supplies, June 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28697_c6359.jpg?itok=AH-n3cl-)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1900 amounting to $490.82 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.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students Over the Summer Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students Over the Summer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28706_0001_0.jpg?itok=BtYsKOcp)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student labor over the summer.
![Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1900 Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28688_0001.jpg?itok=r2anEqy_)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1900 and that the lease be renewed.
![Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1900 Fiscal Year Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1900 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28687_0001.jpg?itok=Pwm8AszZ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1900.
![Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_29080_0001.jpg?itok=UDHtW6zL)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger's application for a 21-and-a-half-day leave of absence.
![Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_29079_0001.jpg?itok=4Daa1j1t)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
![Correspondence Regarding Retaining Mariette Wood Correspondence Regarding Retaining Mariette Wood](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1691_39632_0004.jpg?itok=Wg_W3YD8)
Correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the salary of Mariette Wood to prevent her transfer to the Haskell Institute as Assistant Principal Teacher.
![W. Grant Thompson's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School W. Grant Thompson's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1670_29376_0001.jpg?itok=tr3_tDNz)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 44-day leave of absence, 14 days for annual leave and 30 days to attend summer school at Chautauqua Normal School of Physical Education.
![Bessie Barclay's Application for Leave of Absence Bessie Barclay's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1670_29377_0001.jpg?itok=p7UoFPYF)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Bessie Barclay's application for a 59-day leave of absence, 29 days for annual leave and 30 days to attend summer school at Mout Gretna, Pennsylvania.
![Dandridge Will Accept Transfer to Fort Apache Agency Dandridge Will Accept Transfer to Fort Apache Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29718_0001.jpg?itok=wCzOYAQn)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dandridge will accept appointment at the Fort Apache Agency.
![Office Informed Rosa Ewbanks Will Apply for Civil Service Register Office Informed Rosa Ewbanks Will Apply for Civil Service Register](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29858_0001.jpg?itok=GuNpGUOa)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Roma F. Ewbanks has applied to be put on the Civil Service Register a cook. Pratt requests that she be appointed to the position at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Three Applications for Leave of Absence Three Applications for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29857_0002.jpg?itok=ULxZ0BVo)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards three employees' leave of absence applications: Jonathan D. Sowerby (assistant teacher), M. S. Barr (nurse), and Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher).
![Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1700_43982_0002.jpg?itok=gB2aOeiz)
Correspondence regarding the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.
![Laura Dandridge Will Accept Laundress Position at Keams Canyon Laura Dandridge Will Accept Laundress Position at Keams Canyon](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29978_0001.jpg?itok=-ozb14z7)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Laura A. Dandridge will accept the laundress position at Keams Canyon.
![Sara E. Smith's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Sara E. Smith's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29962_0001.jpg?itok=bwKj0YlC)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards librarian Sara E. Smith's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
![Pratt Follows Up on Request for Orders for Laura Dandridge Pratt Follows Up on Request for Orders for Laura Dandridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1672_30061_0001.jpg?itok=QFOfxGf0)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request for orders for Laura Dandridge following her appointment to Keams Canyon.
![E. Corbett's Application for Annual Leave of Absence E. Corbett's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1674_31347_0001.jpg?itok=LhnVMc-j)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress E. Corbett's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.