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.
Request to Spend Funds
Currently being used to cover any requests for money, requests for authorization to spend money, vouchers being submitted, and requests for reimbursement. Essentially any time money is being requested for a specific purpose. Correspondence related to annual funding should be tagged with the Topic tag "Financial Affairs - School Budget."
![Submission of Bids for Prodigy Check and Braid Submission of Bids for Prodigy Check and Braid](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1808_34117_0003.jpg?itok=gUX2oOzx)
![Request to Cancel Bid for Coal and Purchase on Open Market Request to Cancel Bid for Coal and Purchase on Open Market](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1816_38636_0001.jpg?itok=53p8jDch)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cancel bids for sixteen hundred tons of coal and instead purchase coal on the open market.
![Request to Pay for Hauling Coal Delivered to Carlisle Request to Pay for Hauling Coal Delivered to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1816_38662_0001.jpg?itok=GfA8-VlN)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for hauling coal delivered to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Purchase Timber for Flagpole Request to Purchase Timber for Flagpole](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1817_38836_0001_0.jpg?itok=IfFebXmb)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase two pieces of timber for a flagpole at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Standing Requests Authority to Spend Additional Money in Purchase of Books Standing Requests Authority to Spend Additional Money in Purchase of Books](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1821_41158_0002.jpg?itok=vJD9k60r)
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.
![Request to Replace and Repair Typewriters Request to Replace and Repair Typewriters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1823_41858_0002.jpg?itok=FYIlvq1_)
Alfred J. Standing requests permission to pay to exchange an old Remington typewriter as well as repair another.
![Request to Purchase Timothy Seed for School Farms Request to Purchase Timothy Seed for School Farms](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1826_43381_0002.jpg?itok=G1USu9Z2)
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.
![Request for Additional Money for General Repairs in 1900 Request for Additional Money for General Repairs in 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1830_45343_0002.jpg?itok=yIZCEG6y)
Richard Henry Pratt requests an additional $200 for material and labor used for general repairs at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for Additional Sloyd Equipment Request for Additional Sloyd Equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1831_45527_0002.jpg?itok=Tvdl5kjh)
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.
![Request to Purchase Schoolroom and Art Room Supplies Request to Purchase Schoolroom and Art Room Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1831_45619_0004.jpg?itok=7-B-1JQf)
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.
![Request to Purchase Apples Request to Purchase Apples](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1831_45750_0002.jpg?itok=lgGR2H-S)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase fresh apples due to the high price of dried fruit.
![Request to Purchase 400 Tons of Additional Coal Request to Purchase 400 Tons of Additional Coal](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1834_47114_0001.jpg?itok=7Z6ZMpY3)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 400 tons of additional coal.
![Request to Purchase Sloyd Benches and School Room Supplies Request to Purchase Sloyd Benches and School Room Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1835_47672_0002.jpg?itok=5dH48173)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his phone conversation and reiterates request for sloyd benches and other school room supplies previously requested.
![Request to Purchase Various Foodstuffs on the Open Market Request to Purchase Various Foodstuffs on the Open Market](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1838_49299_0001.jpg?itok=Q9b6UVfv)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market various foodstuffs through a bid process.
![Request for Various Authorities Including Utensils for Cooking School Request for Various Authorities Including Utensils for Cooking School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50627_0001.jpg?itok=A63XX4sr)
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.
![Request to Employ Mattress Maker and Purchase New Mattress Request to Employ Mattress Maker and Purchase New Mattress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50623_0001.jpg?itok=FlRZWoAT)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a mattress maker to repair mattresses and to buy additional new mattresses.
![Request to Purchase 1000 Bushels of Potatoes in 1900 Request to Purchase 1000 Bushels of Potatoes in 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50625_0001.jpg?itok=TZBF6C3X)
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.
![Request to Purchase 400 Linen Bedspreads Request to Purchase 400 Linen Bedspreads](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50622_0001.jpg?itok=Qf7czWT1)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 400 linen bedspreads as used by the United States hospital service.
![Request to Purchase Roof Paint and Pay Skilled Labor Request to Purchase Roof Paint and Pay Skilled Labor](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50624_0001.jpg?itok=FPJxbqoz)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase enamel roof paint as well as other supplies in addition to paying various skilled laborers.
![Request to Purchase Special Materials for Department Orders Request to Purchase Special Materials for Department Orders](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1841_50626_0001.jpg?itok=tdqTUu0D)
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.
![Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1840_50271_0002.jpg?itok=i8B22LN9)
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.
![Request to Purchase Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator and Wood Alcohol Request to Purchase Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator and Wood Alcohol](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1844_52475_0001.jpg?itok=SYXKo8KP)
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.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Additional Food for 1900 Holiday Dinners Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Additional Food for 1900 Holiday Dinners](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1847_54180_0001.jpg?itok=pCAPmPKc)
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.
![Request for Additional Money for Sloyd Department Request for Additional Money for Sloyd Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1849_55290_0001.jpg?itok=mt8g_q0e)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $4.22 for purchases of sloyd benches and materials above his previous request.
![Request for Authority for Funds for Supplies in November 1900 Request for Authority for Funds for Supplies in November 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1850_55580_0002.jpg?itok=PD7nry2U)
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.