Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of the members of the Shawnee Nation currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School to the Office of Indian Affairs.
1890-1899
September 25, 1896
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 30, 1896 - May 22, 1897
Correspondence regarding a request by Richard Henry Pratt for Congress to reimburse the Carlisle Appropriation $1,800 caused by the need to make repairs due to a cyclone.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 30, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that there no students from the Delaware Nation currently enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 1, 1896 - March 11, 1897
Thomas W. Potter, Superintendent of the Chemawa Indian School, praises the actions taken against Richard Henry Pratt and containing the publications from the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 6, 1896 - January 27, 1897
Correspondence between Richard Henry Pratt and the Interior Department regarding the Office of Indian Affairs request to discipline Pratt for insubordination in the matter of not re-nominating M. L. Silcott and Maud Mosher.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 7, 1896
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the second quarter of fiscal year 1897 amounting to $488.43 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.
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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 8, 1896
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1897 amounting to $27,242.65 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $11,025.00 regular employee pay.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 11, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt invites Antonio Apache to the 1896 Lake Mohonk Conference to give a similar speech to the one he gave at the Carlisle Indian School commencement. Pratt notes that he would cover his travel expenses if he were able to come.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Cumberland County Historical Society
October 12, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt requests the permission of Daniel M. Browning to attend the Lake Mohonk Conference. Browning grants permission in a separate note.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 12, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 13, 1896
Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1896.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 20, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt provides an long update on Perry Tsamanwa taking a position in the Indian Service.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 22, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards L. R. Shaffner's application for a 29-day leave of absence. Shaffner works as a girls' matron.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 2, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards the approval letter for his September 1896 irregular employees report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks him to attach the report to the 1897 first quarter voucher number 84.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 3, 1896
S. L. Diven, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1896.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 12, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 14, 1896 - November 20, 1896
Alfred John Standing responds to requests from two local citizens that former student William Lone Wolf be returned to his home in Oklahoma after sustaining injuries while working in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 16, 1896 - February 15, 1897
Correspondence regarding an article written and published by Richard Henry Pratt attacking the Civil Service Commission in the Indian School Service.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 18, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 524 pairs of boys and men's shoes due to the ongoing construction work at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 21, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt forwards check for M. L. Silcott as directed by the orders of the Office of Indian Affairs.
A note indicates that the check was delivered to M. L. Silcott on November 23, 1896.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 27 - December 2, 1896
J. O. Brown, Pittsburgh Department of Safety, requests the assistance of the Secretary of War in addressing two runaway students from the Carlisle Indian School whom Richard Henry Pratt wishes to be treated as vagrants.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 4, 1896
Richard Henry Pratt provides the context of his actions to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his request to the Pittsburgh Police Department treat two runaway students as vagrants.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 9, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 12, 1896
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of 150 blank extra sheets for abstracts A-E forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 22-24, 1896
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior the name of one woman (Jeannette L. Senseney) who are eligible to fill the vacant music teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidate's name, address, and their civil service exam grade. Acting Secretary…
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration