Richard Henry Pratt seeks additional funding to purchase food to meet the requirements outlined by the school surgeon for ill children, including butter, milk, and eggs.
Pratt, Richard Henry
![Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Food for Ill Children Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Food for Ill Children](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0008_03283_0003.jpg?itok=AYjs9zkK)
![Pratt Seeks Funds for Traveling Expenses to Return Students Home Pratt Seeks Funds for Traveling Expenses to Return Students Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0008_03287_0002.jpg?itok=JYQ2mMzP)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks an additional $300 for returning students to their homes in Indian Territory. He notes that fulfilling the obligations already authorized by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs would exhaust his current funding.
![Request to Increase Clothing Budget Request to Increase Clothing Budget](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0008_03282_0003.jpg?itok=pK2evp06)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks to increase the clothing budget of the Carlisle School by $500 due to additional students arriving in the current quarter.
![Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1881 Special Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0008_03284_c0002.jpg?itok=fpxYWhzA)
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form amounting to $3,397.37 for areas covering supplies, the farm, shops, clothing, funding expenses, and contingencies.
![Indian Office Arrange Transportation for Return of Sioux Students Indian Office Arrange Transportation for Return of Sioux Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0009_03652_0002.jpg?itok=AUrqtuZD)
Richard Henry Pratt suggests that the Indian Office arrange transportation for Lawrence and Philip Good Voice to return home under the care of Dr. Faulkner. He notes that he has not been provided orders Sioux City and Pacific Rail Road which is subsidized.
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Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send Dora home to the Rosebud Agency with Dr. Faulkner.
![Physician's Report on Newly-Arrived Osage Students Physician's Report on Newly-Arrived Osage Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0009_03856_0004.jpg?itok=pNvJgvpt)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of school physican C. H. Hepburn on the health of the newly arrived students from the Osage Nation. Pratt notes that the students are quite satisfactory with the exception that are too few girls.
![Pratt Forwards Lease for the Parker Farm Pratt Forwards Lease for the Parker Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0009_03858_0002.jpg?itok=Bwv1XZhx)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwards the lease of the Parker Farm and states that Mary P. McKeehan is a widow.
![Pratt Forwards Faulkner's Request for Funds while Snow Bound Pratt Forwards Faulkner's Request for Funds while Snow Bound](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0009_04070_0002.jpg?itok=A8kARyLq)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a telegram he received from Dr. Faulkner in Prairie du Chien. Faulkner states that he is snow bound and requests funds.
![Pratt Returns Corrected Lease for Parker Farm Pratt Returns Corrected Lease for Parker Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0010_04400_0002.jpg?itok=S-9HMnkK)
Richard Henry Pratt returns the corrected lease for the Parker Farm.
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Richard Henry Pratt indicates that the delegation of students recruited by the Rev. Sheldon Jackson are not acceptable and that the matter should be should be left to the Indian agents. Pratt states that if there is difficulty in finding girls to attend Carlisle that there should only be the same number of boys sent in order to keep the gender…
![Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1881 Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0012_05140_c0002.jpg?itok=ThBOOB8s)
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1881 amounting to $14,594.97 for areas covering subsistence, the pay of employees, clothing, the farm, supplies, repairs, contingencies, supplies, and special allowance.
![Names of Osage Children Sent to Carlisle in February 1881 Names of Osage Children Sent to Carlisle in February 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0012_05196_0002.jpg?itok=AA4Xmve9)
Richard Henry Pratt provides the names of the sixteen Osage students sent by L. J. Miles who arrived on February 25, 1881.
![Notice of Sending Curtis and Roman Nose Home Notice of Sending Curtis and Roman Nose Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0012_05147_0002.jpg?itok=2Aajk6Fo)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that due to Curtits' bad health, he has sent Curtis home with Roman Nose as a guardian, rather than wait for Bear's Heart to accompany him. Roman Nose was requested to return home by the Indian Agent L. J. Miles.
![Notice of Outbreak of Measles Among Students Notice of Outbreak of Measles Among Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0013_05328_0002.jpg?itok=3B_Y2nWc)
Richard Henry Pratt writes to inform the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of an outbreak of measles among the students of a mild type. He notes that as of March 26, 1881 their were fifty-four cases in bed.
![Envelope for an Explanation for Accounts Envelope for an Explanation for Accounts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0013_05356_0001.jpg?itok=kQaxtqt0)
An envelope described as previously containing an explanation to accounts sent by Richard Henry Pratt for the Carlisle Indian School.
![List of Pueblo Students Brought by Sheldon Jackson in 1881 List of Pueblo Students Brought by Sheldon Jackson in 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0013_05660_0002.jpg?itok=P4btxk8U)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of names of Pueblo students brought by the Rev. Sheldon Jackson to Carlisle in February 1881.
![Abstract of Bids on Hospital Building Construction Abstract of Bids on Hospital Building Construction](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0014_06196_0002.jpg?itok=mGPFf92W)
Richard Henry Pratt submits the abstract of bids for material and part of the labor to build a hospital for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt includes the advertisement that appeared in the Herald and Mirror as well as the Valley Sentinel. Pratt notes that he is unhappy with the bidding process due to the lack of bids which he…
![Notice of Fundraising Trip to Philadelphia Notice of Fundraising Trip to Philadelphia](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0015_06546_0002.jpg?itok=FBn_1eVk)
Richard Henry Pratt provides notice to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is going on a trip to Philadelphia in order to raise awareness of the Carlisle Indian School. In doing so, he hopes to raise $2,500 in order to build an addition onto the Girls Quarters to allow for a sitting room and additional dormitories.
![Request to Open Indian School in New York Request to Open Indian School in New York](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0016_06887_0001.jpg?itok=gp8JIpiN)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter he received from Dr. H. Caruthers of Tarrytown, New York who is requesting the permission of the Secretary of the Interior to start a small school dedicated to educating Indian pupils. Pratt and Caruthers note that they met when Pratt was in St. Augustine, Florida and Dr. Caruthers wife was an assistant at…
![Report on the Deaths of Three Students Report on the Deaths of Three Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0018_07521_0001.jpg?itok=yZupk6t8)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the reports of school physician C. H. Hepburn on the deaths of Dora (Her Pipe), Rose (Red Rose), and Albert. Hepburn provides details on the treatment and condition of each student as well as their illnesses including measles, bronchopneumonia or bronchitis, and pneumonia.
![Discussion of Scarlet Fever Outbreak at School Discussion of Scarlet Fever Outbreak at School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0017_07294_0001.jpg?itok=ou2u9erT)
Richard Henry Pratt reports that a scarlet fever outbreak as occurred at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that there has been an outbreak in the borough of Carlisle for the past three months during which he has instituted a quarantine for the last two months including removing his own children from the local schools.
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Richard Henry Pratt writes to seek the authority to send William Young, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, home before the expiration of his term due to illness.
![Clarification on Signing Receipts for Rental Payment Clarification on Signing Receipts for Rental Payment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0018_07544_0001.jpg?itok=cjQAQMZA)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks clarification on the need for Richard Parker to sign for the receipts paid for the rent of the Parker farm for himself as well as an attorney for the other heirs. Pratt believes this is unnecessary but wants to avoid figure hassles by seeking instructions from the Department of the Interior.
![Report on the Deaths of Edward Upright and Giles Report on the Deaths of Edward Upright and Giles](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0018_07859_0001.jpg?itok=LCGGNYUd)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of the Carlisle School physician C. H. Hepburn on the deaths of Edward Upright and Giles. Hepburn notes the cause of death resulting from scarlet fever as well as pneumonia while recovering from measles.