Richard Henry Pratt forwards the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it be extended through fiscal year 1894.
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![Request for Renewal of Hocker Farm Lease for 1894 Fiscal Year Request for Renewal of Hocker Farm Lease for 1894 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0990_21336_0001.jpg?itok=uL60fuCG)
![Pratt Informs Office that Lydia Hunt will Report to Commissioner Pratt Informs Office that Lydia Hunt will Report to Commissioner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0990_21413_0003.jpg?itok=QQMsjwxA)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lydia L. Hunt will report to the Commissioner the following day.
![Estimate of Funds, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Supplies, First Quarter 1894 Estimate of Funds, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Supplies, First Quarter 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0991_21826_c2795.jpg?itok=276TfL7_)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1894 amounting to $34,362.17 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds for regular employee pay. Finally, he sends an estimate of supplies amounting to $493.29.
![Request for Authority to Rent Telephone for 1894 Fiscal Year Request for Authority to Rent Telephone for 1894 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0991_21816_0001.jpg?itok=Bg3W1dx5)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $150 to rent a telephone.
![Request to Rent Hocker and Henderson Tracts During Fiscal Year 1894 Request to Rent Hocker and Henderson Tracts During Fiscal Year 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0991_21819_0001.jpg?itok=0zQyggH8)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to rent the Hocker Farm and the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1894.
![Pratt Forwards Henderson Tract Lease to Office of Indian Affairs in Quintuplicate Pratt Forwards Henderson Tract Lease to Office of Indian Affairs in Quintuplicate](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0993_22791_003.jpg?itok=t0-KRLg4)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs a copy of the lease for the Henderson tract in quintuplicate. The lease covers the outlines of the land being rented as well as its purpose for grazing and farming at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Report of Days Worked by Louis Caswell on Farm Report of Days Worked by Louis Caswell on Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22199_0001.jpg?itok=EMJ0q-E-)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Louis Caswell was employed at farming for 25 days in May 1893.
![Request to Enroll Two Students at Carlisle from Santa Fe Request to Enroll Two Students at Carlisle from Santa Fe](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0994_22907_0001.jpg?itok=u6C59JpR)
S. M. Cart, Superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School, informs the Office of Indian School that two of the students at the school desire to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Objection to the Dismissal of Minnie M. Birch Objection to the Dismissal of Minnie M. Birch](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0993_22792_0001.jpg?itok=Z5D3kb5I)
Charles E. Roberts objects to the dismissal of Minnie M. Birch as the Dining Room Matron at the Carlisle Indian School. Roberts quotes from Birch's letter that the reason for her dismissal is Richard Henry Pratt objecting to the Civil Service Commission appointing employees and his desire to hire employees on his own.
![Pratt Follows Up on Appointment of Henry M. Hudelson Pratt Follows Up on Appointment of Henry M. Hudelson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22332_0001.jpg?itok=DSiYctjr)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is willing to accept the appointment of Henry M. Hudelson as a teacher, but that he is also fine with Philip Drum or T. L. Deavor.
![Pratt Forwards Agreement Covering Rent of Henderson Tract for Approval Pratt Forwards Agreement Covering Rent of Henderson Tract for Approval](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22333_0001.jpg?itok=D2P8Ctbk)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs for approval the agreement between the Carlisle Indian School and the Henderson heirs to rent the Henderson Tract.
![Pratt Responds to Money to be Paid to Amos Hamilton Pratt Responds to Money to be Paid to Amos Hamilton](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22334_0001.jpg?itok=GCdSgOBS)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to letter regarding money to be paid to Amos Hamilton.
![Lavinia A. Bender's Application for Leave of Absence Lavinia A. Bender's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22460_0001.jpg?itok=DiL7w5Xn)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Lavinia A. Bender's application for a 25-day leave of absence.
![Pratt Comments on Minnie M. Birch as Dining Room Matron Pratt Comments on Minnie M. Birch as Dining Room Matron](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22459_0001.jpg?itok=509AfPrb)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Minnie M. Birch is unqualified for the position of dining room matron and requests a new candidate.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return John Uyya Pratt Responds to Request to Return John Uyya](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0992_22461_0001.jpg?itok=TDH9W0Lg)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of John Uyya to be returned to his home.
![C. Caryl Requests Reasons for Dismissal as Teacher C. Caryl Requests Reasons for Dismissal as Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0993_22796_0002.jpg?itok=gpJIK9wY)
C. Caryl requests to know why she is not being re-nominated as a teacher by Richard Henry Pratt for the following school year. Caryl recounts her recent interactions with Pratt and if transferred requests to be transferred to Washington D.C. as a clerk in the Indian Service.
![Explanation for Overruling Exceptions to Civil Service Certifications Explanation for Overruling Exceptions to Civil Service Certifications](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0993_22536_0002.jpg?itok=Se7WskyD)
Theodore Roosevelt responds to a communication from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding objections made by Richard Henry Pratt for Civil Service certifications 244, 246, and 247. Roosevelt writes that the Civil Service Commission cannot sustain objections unless specific objections are made against individual candidates.
![Teacher Catherine Caryl's Request to Transfer to Another School Teacher Catherine Caryl's Request to Transfer to Another School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0994_23134_0001.jpg?itok=_meOcI85)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Catherine Caryl's request for a transfer to a new school and a 30-day leave of absence. Caryl wants to take a leave of absence before the transfer. Pratt also advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Caryl's services were no longer needed at the Carlisle School because of unsatisfactory work. Included…
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to H. D. McAnaney, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Belknap Agency, regarding students from the Agency at Carlisle. Pratt takes issue with the statistics used by McAnaney to determine the death rate of students at Carlisle and further takes issue with the idea that the students suffered from pneumonia at…
![Cover Letter for Enclosures Sent to Office of Indian Affairs from San Carlos Cover Letter for Enclosures Sent to Office of Indian Affairs from San Carlos](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0996_23967_0001.jpg?itok=CPhMxH84)
Cover letter for three enclosures sent by Lewis Johnson, Acting U.S. Indian agent for the San Carlos Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. The enclosures provide names of the students returned to the agency, a copy of the descriptive statement of two students sent to the Bowie Station en route to Carlisle, and the descriptive statement of…
![Minnie M. Birch Requests Transfer as a Teacher to Cherokee or Hampton Minnie M. Birch Requests Transfer as a Teacher to Cherokee or Hampton](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0994_23133_0002.jpg?itok=YQpa4FQi)
Minnie M. Birch requests a transfer to either Cherokee, North Carolina or the Hampton Institute as a teacher.
![Oath of Office for Mollie V. Gaither Oath of Office for Mollie V. Gaither](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0995_23620_0001.jpg?itok=xWS0BiMw)
Mollie V. Gaither submits an oath of office for her new position of teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Second Comptroller Forwards Hocker Farm Lease to Office Second Comptroller Forwards Hocker Farm Lease to Office](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0995_23501_0001.jpg?itok=pjw1VlSx)
Charles H. Mansur, Second Comptroller, forwards the lease for the Carlisle Indian School for the Hocker Farm dated August 20, 1890.
![Pratt Informs Office of No Blank Declaration of Appointment Pratt Informs Office of No Blank Declaration of Appointment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0995_23700_0001.jpg?itok=jEuKk3Wf)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the blank declaration of appointment was not enclosed when the Office appointed Henry M. Hudelson.
![Pratt Requests Special Authority to Recruit Students for 1893 School Year Pratt Requests Special Authority to Recruit Students for 1893 School Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0995_23702_0001.jpg?itok=7_5O3TU6)
Richard Henry Pratt requests special authority to show U.S. Indian Agents while obtaining students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt refers to Office Circular of April 21, 1893 and a law which provides for coercion in the Indian Appropriation Bill of the current year and subsequent year.