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
July 13, 1900
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August 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cancel bids for sixteen hundred tons of coal and instead purchase coal on the open market.
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August 8, 1900
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding whether he should continue with the proposed coal contract.
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September 14, 1900
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.
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September 27, 1900
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.
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October 1, 1900
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.
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October 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market various foodstuffs through a bid process.
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October 12, 1900
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.
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December 21, 1900
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.
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July 5, 1901
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.
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July 10, 1901 - October 22, 1901
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.
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July 2, 1904
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.
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July 28, 1904
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.
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May 24, 1905
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.
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July 21, 1906
Harry G. Brown requests information regarding the proposed hospital at the Carlisle Indian School in order to make a bid to erect the building.
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December 31, 1906
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
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February 1, 1907 - February 4, 1907
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.
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March 31, 1907
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
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August 20 - November 8, 1907
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…
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August 22, 1907
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.
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June 25, 1908
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.
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November 3-24, 1908
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…
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November 17, 1908 - December 7, 1908
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…
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July 22-30, 1909
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.
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July 24, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards electric lighting and water contracts with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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