Richard Henry Pratt asks for the immediate delivery of stationery previously requested on February 9, 1887.
Pratt, Richard Henry
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Richard Henry Pratt asks the Office of Indian Affairs if authority to send 10 individuals from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency to the Constitutional Centennial parade or if there is an objection to them coming.
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting the approval of the Office for the school to participate in the Centennial Celebration being held in York, Pennsylvania.
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Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for October 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have Henry Kendall enroll at Rutgers College. Pratt also requests that $167 per year be allocated to pay Rutgers for Kendall's education from the general appropriation or through Pratt's fund.
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Annie S. Ely requests permission for a leave of absence for 30 days starting September 30, 1887. Richard Henry Pratt recommends the leave be granted.
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Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding a colt halter which Agnew requested. Pratt also mentions that "while the learned friends of the Aboriginee are making paths for us to walk in, I am at home attending to business." This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be…
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Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs that he agrees with the office's order regarding English in the schools. He notes his disagreement with the missionaries who oppose it. He ends by noting that teaching English will lead to greater emancipation and eliminate interpreters at agencies which would be highly beneficial.
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These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding a single student, Benjamin Damon, discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to his home at the Navajo Agency.
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Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for November 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1887 amounting to $10,511.00 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,332.50 for regular employee pay.
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G. D. Williams, U.S. Indian Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, writes to Richard Henry Pratt to see if he can enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian School in addition to having one white escort during transport.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that six students…
![Voucher Covering Expenses of Burying Student in Millville, PA Voucher Covering Expenses of Burying Student in Millville, PA](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0428_29398_0003.jpg?itok=ZljP88Z0)
Forwarded voucher for the expenses incurred by L. A. Bender in burying Bruce Hayman, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, in Millville, Pennsylvania.
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Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from A. Miller, a member of the Stockbridge Nation, regarding a request from Miller to enroll his son and two daughters at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has informed Miller that his son is too old but his daughters are eligible for enrollment. Pratt notes that he is in favor of enrolling…
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Quapaw Agency, 1887 (Copy 1) Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Quapaw Agency, 1887 (Copy 1)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0431_30497_c3120_combined.jpg?itok=hC-HMZJO)
These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils for 4 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.
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These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils for 4 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.
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Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for December 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information in regard to required labor needed for December 1887. Pratt inadvertently overlooked instructions in the previous letter and explains the need for a carpenter and mason is separate from general service.
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J. L. Thomas seeks to have his son enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt forwarded his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that Thomas will pay his transportation to the school and that with Office approval he would be willing to enroll him.
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Richard Henry Pratt seeks clarification on whether an Office of Indian Affairs letter gives him authority to arrange transportation for two girls from the Green Bay Agency to travel to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks for transportation be provided or for authority be granted for him to arrange it.
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Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters one from Wallace Charging Shield and one from Perry H. Laravie to the Office of Indian Affairs. Both Charging Shield and Laravie request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School and Pratt provides his recommendation that both be allowed to enroll.
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Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to enroll two students from Alaska at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the students were brought from the Sitka school to learn the printing and tin smithing trades by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson. Jackson claims he had authority from the Office to enroll the students…
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Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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Richard Henry Pratt asks the Office of Indian Affairs if Parker West (here Porter West) should accompany Miss Eustes to the Mount Vernon Barracks as an interpreter. Pratt notes that Eustes requested West be at Hampton on Monday.
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Richard H. Pratt submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials, school furnishings, light and fuel, buildings and repairs, miscellaneous expenses, and the value of subsistence raised by school and issued to pupils for the quarter ending September 30, 1887. Pratt also forwards a lengthy…