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.
Leave of Absence


Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Cornelia A. Merritt's application for a 30-day leave of absence due to sickness. Included is a physician's certificate verifying Merritt's illness.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Anna C. Hamilton's application for a 234-day leave of absence without pay. In an explanatory cover letter, Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Hamilton's absence is due to ill health and requests to keep her employed at the Carlisle School once she returns from leave.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Clara C. McAdam's application for a 30-day leave of absence. In an explanatory cover letter, Pratt recommends that McAdam takes leave because of illness and requests her application be granted. Also included is a physician's certificate endorsing Pratt's recommendation.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Mary E. B. Phillips' application for a 30-day leave of absence because of poor health. Also included is a letter from the physician recommending Phillips be granted a 30-day leave of absence.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant dressmaker Lizzie C. Jacobs' application for a 12-day leave of absence due to illness. Pratt also forwards a physician's certificate from Thomas Stewart verifying Jacobs has acute bronchitis.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards school physician Cyrus R. Dixon's application for a 45-day leave of absence to attend a six-week course at post-graduate medical school in New York. In an explantory cover letter, Dixon explains that he can still advise the nurses in Carlisle while attending medical school in New York.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Mollie V. Gaither's application for an 18-day leave of absence. Gaither works as a teacher.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards dairyman Richard Davis' application for a 45-day leave of absence to visit his tribe at Darlington, Oklahoma Territory.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Cornelia A. Merritt's application for a 22-day leave of absence to prepare for her transfer to the west.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Rosa Bourassa's application for an 18-day leave of absence. Bourassa works as an assistant matron.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards dressmaker Helen A. Lord's application for a 19-day leave of absence. Lord will not return to work after the fiscal year and wants to take a leave of absence before then.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 21-day leave of absence. Luckenbach works as a clerk.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Emma Abbott Cutter's request for a 32-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Annie M. Worthington's application for a 30-day sick leave of absence. Worthington works as the superintendent of the sewing department. Also included is the physician's certificate verifying Worthington's illness.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Della F. Botsford's request for a 32-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lillie R. Shaffner's request for a 14-day leave of absence to attend two educational conventions in Chicago. Shaffner works as a matron in charge of girls.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Cathrine Caryl's request for a 30-day leave of absence to attend summer school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Jennie P. Cochran's request for a 30-day leave of absence to attend summer school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Katherine Jane Wiest's application for a 30-day leave of absence to attend summer school. Wiest works as a teacher.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Lydia L. Hunt's request for a 30-day leave of absence to attend summer school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards music teacher Annie Belle Moore's application for a 30-day leave of absence to study teaching methods.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Fanny G. Paull's application for a 30-day leave of absence to take lessons in mechanical drawing. Paull works as a teacher.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Florence M. Carter's application for a 30-day leave of absence to attend summer school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Lavinia A. Bender's application for a 25-day leave of absence.