Request by William A. Mercer to spend money on the treatment of students who fall sick while on outing as well as for sending students to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for eye treatment.
1900-1909
July 9, 1904
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July 9, 1904
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1905 fiscal year.
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July 9, 1904
Request for the purchase of academic supplies for the Carlisle Indian School by William A. Mercer.
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July 9, 1904
Request by William A. Mercer to purchase on the open market postage stamps for student letters and burial expenses in case of student deaths during the year.
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July 9, 1904
W. A. Mercer requests 3 desk letter baskets used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
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July 11, 1904
Captain W. A. Mercer forwards and approves Instrumental Music Teacher Jeannette L. Senseney's request to attend summer school at the Harrisburg Conservatory of Music
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July 11, 1904 - November 7, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the use of irregular carpenter services. Mercer provides the Office with the original request along with the authority granting the request.
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July 11, 1904
William A. Mercer proposes changing the accounting of individual student money due to the large amount of small transactions. Mercer requests clarification on what is needed for superintendents and what constitutes proper vouchers.
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July 11, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer forwards clerk Nellie V. Robertson's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 11, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer forwards Oella C. Munch's request for an additional 7-day unpaid leave of absence because of illness in her family. Munch works as an assistant matron. An explanatory cover letter is included.
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July 12, 1904
W. A. Mercer forwards assistant matron Frances A. Veitch's application for a 7-day annual leave of absence.
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July 14, 1904 - August 12, 1904
Correspondence between Senator Porter J. McCumber and others regarding the return of Maggie Venne to her home. The final letter indicates that Venne is return from outing in order to be sent home.
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July 12, 1904
W. A. Mercer notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he needs to return to the Uinta and Ouray Agency to provide further instructions to his successor.
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July 13, 1904
William A. Mercer requests that with Charles Lamar having been certified that he be given a probationary appointment as band leader.
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July 14, 1904 - July 25, 1904
William A. Mercer forwards the preliminary property returns for the Uintah & Ouray Agency completed by his successor Captain C. G. Hall. Mercer notes that he will make a supplemental return and complete the transfer when he returns to the agency.
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July14, 1904
W. A. Mercer forwards senior teacher Emma A. Cutter's request for an additional 11-day unpaid leave of absence.
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July 15, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to criticism of the Office of Indian Affairs for a letter signed by Edgar A. Allen related to the closing of Richard Henry Pratt's accounts.
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July 16, 1904
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs inform him how to pay expenses involved to returning students from Alaska to their homes.
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July 19, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding his request for authority to drop three instruments from his property returns. Pratt details that he did not occur to him the instruments were on his property returns as they were not previously and the new instruments were needed.
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July 21, 1904
Edgar A. Allen responds to an of Office of Indian Affairs letter addressed to Richard Henry Pratt regarding transportation of students and the authority which covers it.
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July 21, 1904
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen 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.
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July 23, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter returning voucher for $8 for transportation expenses at the Uintah & Ouray Agency for May 26, 1903. Mercer resubmits the voucher with the requests that the preliminary special authority be granted.
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July 23, 1904
H. C. Clevenger, General Freight Agent for the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co., informs the Quarter Master General that all freight charges on shipments to the Carlisle Indian School will require prepayment.
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July 23, 1904
W. A. Mercer forwards a supplementary estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1905 amounting to $4,906.80 to pay for stokers, water pipes, and building supplies. An explanatory cover letter is included.
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July 25, 1904
W. A. Mercer forwards teacher E. H. Colegrove's application for a 16-day annual leave of absence.
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