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.
Financial Affairs - Contracts and Bids
![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.
![Pratt Asks Indian Office About Proposed Coal Contract Pratt Asks Indian Office About Proposed Coal Contract](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1816_38731_0001.jpg?itok=wGjucCcU)
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding whether he should continue with the proposed coal contract.
![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 Modify Flour Contract for 1901 Fiscal Year Request to Modify Flour Contract for 1901 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1835_47710_0001.jpg?itok=l5t5LdIm)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that his current flour contract is not conducive to producing good bread. As a result, he requests authority to modify the contract in order to get a mixed flour containing western flour.
![Request to Modify Contract to Purchase Sloyd Materials Request to Modify Contract to Purchase Sloyd Materials](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1836_48366_0001.jpg?itok=Z7_Mzcc1)
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs to modify his previous authority to purchase materials for the sloyd classroom as well as tools.
![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 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.
![Frances B. Johnston Provides Contract Details Related to Photographing Carlisle Frances B. Johnston Provides Contract Details Related to Photographing Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1865_62673_0002.jpg?itok=Msn5cfea)
Frances B. Johnston informs A. C. Towner that she has received his letter regarding photographing the Carlisle Indian School. Johnston provides further details regarding the contract.
![Pratt Informs Contracts Sent to Office Pratt Informs Contracts Sent to Office](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1944_35221_0003.jpg?itok=AehA3s_0)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent all the contracts except for leather were sent down on July 5, 1901.
![Contract for S. L. Diven to Provide Medical Services for 1902 Fiscal Year Contract for S. L. Diven to Provide Medical Services for 1902 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1995_59071_0003.jpg?itok=8bYCAq_6)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the contract between the Carlisle Indian School and Dr. S. L. Diven to render medical services for the 1902 fiscal year.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Turn Over Funds to Meet Contracts Pratt Requests Authority to Turn Over Funds to Meet Contracts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2554_43942_0001.jpg?itok=3j1mWyRn)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter directing him to deposit the unexpended balance of his funds for the fiscal year. Pratt notes various contracts regarding work to be done on buildings.
![Submission of Revised Contract with Local Water Company Submission of Revised Contract with Local Water Company](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2574_51167_0002.jpg?itok=xpFsKYYd)
William A. Mercer submits a revised contract between the Carlisle Indian School and the Carlisle Gas & Water Company of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mercer outlines the revised contract locks in the price for ten years.
![Office Informed No Proposals Received for Horses and Mules Office Informed No Proposals Received for Horses and Mules](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2800_40205_c5158.jpg?itok=Jx2RtBo0)
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that no proposals were received following the advertisement for horses and mules. Included is a note from August Kensler and the advertisement.
![Harry Brown Requests Information to Make a Bid to Build New Hospital Harry Brown Requests Information to Make a Bid to Build New Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3204_63034_0002.jpg?itok=_ogdYrh3)
Harry G. Brown requests information regarding the proposed hospital at the Carlisle Indian School in order to make a bid to erect the building.
![Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, Second Quarter 1907 Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, Second Quarter 1907](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3427_7009_c1167.jpg?itok=xk1zFII_)
Major William A. Mercer forwards a statement of receipts, cash, property, disbursements, issues, and expenditures, and a record of all contracts for the second quarter of 1907 amounting to $89,721.73
![Mercer Requests Forms for Proposed Bids to Carlisle be Forwarded Mercer Requests Forms for Proposed Bids to Carlisle be Forwarded](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3447_12017_0004.jpg?itok=UPJbS1S1)
William A. Mercer requests forms for posters printed requesting bids for the new hospital building at the Carlisle Indian School to be forwarded to him.
![Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, Third Quarter 1907 Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, Third Quarter 1907](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3606_38855_c4003.jpg?itok=3D9bJz9H)
Major William A. Mercer forwards a statement of receipts, cash, property, disbursements, issues, and expenditures, and a record of all contracts for the third quarter of 1907 amounting to $32,065.50
![Attempt to Correct an Order of Buttons Attempt to Correct an Order of Buttons](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f44_70732_0005.jpg?itok=nE5ubkQU)
Superintendent William A. Mercer corrects a previous request from 20 gross buttons for $2.40 to 240 dozen buttons for $28.80.
Office of Indian Affairs Chief Clerk F. M. Conser informs Mercer that the contract cannot be changed since it has already been approved. If the buttons have not yet arrived, Conser suggests that they can cancel…
![Approval of Lumber Contract Approval of Lumber Contract](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f45_71272_0001.jpg?itok=e-4wWUTU)
Secretary and Treasurer of The Beetem Lumber & Manufacturing Company Newton C. Wert informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the contract and agreement between his company and the Carlisle Indian School has been agreed upon.
![Bacon and Leather Contracts and Flour Bid Bacon and Leather Contracts and Flour Bid](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f48_42738_0001.jpg?itok=ucBdd5Ug)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses two contracts totaling $444.44 and asks for departmental approval. The contracts are for bacon and leather. He also encloses a bid for flour.
![Shipment of Cornmeal and Tinned Goods Shipment of Cornmeal and Tinned Goods](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f50_74215_0003.jpg?itok=5BsJBBKU)
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee authorizes Superintendent Moses Friedman to purchase 3,000 pounds of cornmeal for $66.00 on the open market and then send a voucher for approval.
Friedman informs Larrabee that he sent the necessary information relating to Walter B. Timms' contract to the Empire State Surety Co. and…
![Football Contract with University of Denver Football Contract with University of Denver](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f40_82738_0007.jpg?itok=-YtUOjVl)
These materials include correspondence regarding a contract for the Carlisle Indian School football team to play the University of Denver. Superintendent Moses Friedman, Carlisle's new director, did not approve of the pre-arranged game because of how long students would be kept out of class. After significant lobbying from politicians including…
![Question Regarding Flour Contract Question Regarding Flour Contract](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f51_58825_0001.jpg?itok=B9XXEesl)
Acting Chief Clerk John Francis, Jr. forwards correspondence from the Paxton Flour & Feed Company to Superintendent Moses Friedman and orders him to explain to that company why they did not receive the whole contract for flour.
![Forward of Carlisle Gas & Water Company Contracts Forward of Carlisle Gas & Water Company Contracts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f52_59728_0001.jpg?itok=WI0Ex4OR)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards electric lighting and water contracts with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.