Request to Spend Funds

Richard Henry Pratt submits an abstract of bids received for 9,000 yards of prodigy check and 3,000 yards of white braid. Pratt recommends moving forward with the bid submitted by John Wanamaker.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cancel bids for sixteen hundred tons of coal and instead purchase coal on the open market.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for hauling coal delivered to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase two pieces of timber for a flagpole at the Carlisle Indian School.

Alfred John Standing requests authority to spend more money in the purchase of Reed & Kellog's Higher Lessons in English due to higher than anticipated costs.

Alfred J. Standing requests permission to pay to exchange an old Remington typewriter as well as repair another.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to amend his quarterly estimate to purchase 15 bushels of timothy seed for the Carlisle Indian School farms at a higher price.

Richard Henry Pratt requests an additional $200 for material and labor used for general repairs at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional equipment for the sloyd department on account of the transfer of a number of smaller students from the Lincoln Institute.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies for regular school room work and the art room. Pratt also includes an abstract of bids received for these supplies.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase fresh apples due to the high price of dried fruit.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 400 tons of additional coal.

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his phone conversation and reiterates request for sloyd benches and other school room supplies previously requested.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market various foodstuffs through a bid process.

Richard Henry Pratt requests various authorities to varnish and clean schoolroom desks, purchase a coal truck, purchase 1000 bushels of onions, as well as purchasing utensils and materials for establishing a cooking school, and stamps for student's correspondence.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a mattress maker to repair mattresses and to buy additional new mattresses.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 1000 bushels of potatoes due to drought causing a decrease in the yield of potatoes at the school farm.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 400 linen bedspreads as used by the United States hospital service.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase enamel roof paint as well as other supplies in addition to paying various skilled laborers.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market special materials needed for Office of Indian Affairs orders for manufacturing wagons and harness.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the best price he can get for apples is $1.50 per barrel. Notes that he will request authority be amended.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a measles outbreak at the Carlisle Indian School and diphtheria outbreak in the borough of Carlisle. As a result he requests authority to purchase the Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator along with a 55 gallon barrel of wood alcohol for use as a disinfectant to prevent further outbreaks.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional turkeys, fruits, nuts, and other food items for a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for the students of the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $4.22 for purchases of sloyd benches and materials above his previous request.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has not received notice regarding a requisition for funds from his estimate of funds required for the 1901 second quarter. In particular, he notes, the need for certain supplies that are urgently needed and some of which have already been purchased.