Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1898 amounting to $28,181.41 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,745 for regular employee pay.
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![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1898 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1898](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25379_c5237.jpg?itok=tH070nyh)
![Estimate of Supplies, June 1897 Estimate of Supplies, June 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25380_c5253.jpg?itok=7Li7Dx2x)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1898 amounting to $499.45 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 Hocker Farm Rent for 1898 Fiscal Year Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for 1898 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25378_0002.jpg?itok=IMNE9wzh)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 in rent for the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1898. Pratt additionally forwards the lease with the request that it be extended for one year.
![Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1898 Fiscal Year Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1898 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25368_0001.jpg?itok=xMeieFOH)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1898.
![Request to Spend Money Transporting Students to and From Carlisle, 1897 Request to Spend Money Transporting Students to and From Carlisle, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25372_0001.jpg?itok=BdB4aDho)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend money in the transportation of students to and from Carlisle during the 1898 fiscal year.
![Request to Spend Money Visiting Students on Outing, 1897 Request to Spend Money Visiting Students on Outing, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25370_0001.jpg?itok=QmS0DmKn)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend money visiting outing pupils during the 1898 fiscal year.
![Rosa Bourassa's Request for Leave of Absence Rosa Bourassa's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25799_0002.jpg?itok=63vDDc7R)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Rosa Bourassa's request for a 21-day leave of absence due to eye trouble.
![Ella G. Hill's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Ella G. Hill's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1432_26034_0002.jpg?itok=nsNeX5CV)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence. Hill works as a laundress.
![Mariette Wood Requests Transfer to Carlisle as a Teacher Mariette Wood Requests Transfer to Carlisle as a Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1433_26385_0004.jpg?itok=bz4De0em)
Mariette Wood requests a transfer to the Carlisle Indian School as a teacher. Richard Henry Pratt forwards and endorses the application.
![Prudence Miles' Application for Annual Leave of Absence Prudence Miles' Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1432_26035_0002.jpg?itok=CADUMTbG)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Prudence Miles' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1897 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1432_26208_c5270.jpg?itok=fHMZ3Iyj)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Request to Alter Salaries of Several Teaching Positions at Carlisle Request to Alter Salaries of Several Teaching Positions at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1432_26318_0001.jpg?itok=mEwPnxSh)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to alter the salaries of several teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Attention Called to Report of Irregular Service, May and June 1897 Attention Called to Report of Irregular Service, May and June 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1433_26448_0003.jpg?itok=5vtNkWlc)
Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting he places funds in his account and approves his irregular employee reports for May and June.
![M. S. Barr's Request for Leave of Absence M. S. Barr's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1433_26510_0002.jpg?itok=rB6T8_n6)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards nurse M. S. Barr's application for a 50-day leave of absence, 30 days of annual leave and 20 days to attend post-graduate instruction at Boston City Hospital.
![Thirteen Certificates of Employees' Attendance at Summer School Thirteen Certificates of Employees' Attendance at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1452_35841_0001.jpg?itok=AILoVvhr)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards thirteen certificates of attendance for employees: W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), J. W. Hendren (teacher), Fannie I. Peter (teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Mary Bailey (assistant…
![Bessie Barclay Applies for Transfer to Carlisle as Teacher Bessie Barclay Applies for Transfer to Carlisle as Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1437_28849_0003.jpg?itok=bVgHqjka)
Bessie Barclay applies for a transfer to the Carlisle Indian School as a lower grade teacher from the Winnebago Agency. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the application to the Office of Indian Affairs along with his recommendation.
![Pratt Provides Information on Fanny W. Noble Pratt Provides Information on Fanny W. Noble](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1437_28799_0002.jpg?itok=_9ljnt1v)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of Fanny W. Noble's service and time at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Ella G. Hill's Request for Sick Leave of Absence Ella G. Hill's Request for Sick Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1452_36035_0001.jpg?itok=9tZXKyDz)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards laundress Ella G. Hill's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Pratt also forwards physicians' certificates confirming Hill's leave of absence was related to illness.
![Nana Pratt's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Nana Pratt's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1435_27432_0002.jpg?itok=8jZyfGa-)
Richard Henry Pratt forward clerk Nana Pratt's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence.
![William B. Gray's Application for Annual Leave of Absence William B. Gray's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1434_27033_0002.jpg?itok=4MZK5qN1)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards dairyman William B. Gray's application for a 9-day annual leave of absence.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1897 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1435_27433_c5314_A.jpg?itok=0j7LSy9C)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1897.
![Oaths of Office, July 1897 Oaths of Office, July 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1437_28400_0027.jpg?itok=hBDYxCbL)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from twelve newly appointed employees (Gertrude E. Simmons, Louisa Geisdorff, Mabel M. Buck, Delia Randell, Cora Wheeler, Alex B. Upshaw, Vincent Nahtailsh, James R. Wheelock, James D. Flannery, Thomas Marshall, Taylor Smith, and William Colombe). Pratt also notes that two other employees (Ella…
![Request to Increase Expenditure of Attending Physician Request to Increase Expenditure of Attending Physician](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1436_28357_0001.jpg?itok=yE5B0g2-)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs increase the expenditure for services of an attending physician to $600.
![Pratt Responds to Decision to Not Recnminate Hench or Bourassa Pratt Responds to Decision to Not Renominate Hench or Bourassa](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1439_29389_0001.jpg?itok=YbW_2sM6)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter explaining his decision to not renominate Rose Bourassa and Martha Hench for continued employment at Carlisle.
![Anna S. Luckenbach's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Anna S. Luckenbach's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1439_29392_0002.jpg?itok=D7gtkqo-)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence.