Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from former student Jemima Wheelock Webster requesting his assistance in selling her allotted land in order to receive some benefit from it.
Requests to Assist Students/Former Students with Personal Matters
![Jemima Webster Requests Pratt's Assistance in Selling Allotted Land Jemima Webster Requests Pratt's Assistance in Selling Allotted Land](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2469_14215_0003.jpg?itok=701mYozI)
![Request to Furnish Laura Taylor Funds to Travel to Take Position Request to Furnish Laura Taylor Funds to Travel to Take Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2691_03144_0001.jpg?itok=ZJvqyo_r)
William A. Mercer requests to be able to furnish Laura Taylor with funds to travel to the Navajo Agency Training School to take a position as an assistant seamstress.
![Mercer Reports on Assistance Provided to Maggie Mandrigan Mercer Reports on Assistance Provided to Maggie Mandrigan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3089_26085_0004.jpg?itok=p04jW8hM)
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry into his assistance in helping Maggie Mandrigan, a former student who had become pregnant, to travel to Oregon.
![Request to Arrange the Return of Jesse Twigg Request to Arrange the Return of Jesse Twigg](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3087_25458_0001.jpg?itok=xL0wEBWc)
William A. Mercer requests authority to arrange for the return of Jesse Twigg to his home following his discharge from the State Reformatory in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
![Susie Rayos Requests to Take Exam to Enter Indian Service Susie Rayos Requests to Take Exam to Enter Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3178_54860_0001.jpg?itok=Uv2TtzW5)
Susie Rayos requests to take the required examinations to enter the Indian Service. William A. Mercer forwards the request along with additional information about Rayos.
![Applications for Annuity Applications for Annuity](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f10_98445_0001.jpg?itok=V65tL6qD)
This document contains correspondence concerning applications for annuity from Hastings Robertson, Nellie Robertson, and Dora La Belle.
![Enrollment of Carlisle Students in Art School in Philadelphia Enrollment of Carlisle Students in Art School in Philadelphia](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f14_11512_0031.jpg?itok=4xUM2Xap)
Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian students, many of whom formerly attended Carlisle, accepted to his school. Stratton also forwards Sells an…
![Claim for Annuity Payments by Esther Moose Claim for Annuity Payments by Esther Moose](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f43_39760_0004.jpg?itok=btYqs8Eb)
These materials include correspondence and legal documents concerning former student Esther Moose, and any entitlements she may hold right to government annuities under the treaties of 1837 and 1851.
![Discussion of Guy Cooley and Messenger Position Vacancy Discussion of Guy Cooley and Messenger Position Vacancy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b009_f14_65132_0004.jpg?itok=bGZ4-cBC)
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine concerning the messenger vacancy that former student Guy Cooley left behind, as well as some unsettled financial matters pertaining to Cooley.
![Payment Owed to Participant in Apache Indian Raid of 1895 Payment Owed to Participant in Apache Indian Raid of 1895](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f049_f100996_0003.jpg?itok=CXiaAqld)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses and endorses a request from Susie Poncho, a returned student and current resident of Cubero, New Mexico, for $75.45. The request is for her father, who is owed money for his services during the Apache Indian Raid of May and June, 1895.
Acting Commissioner of Indian…
![Inquiry into Land Allotment by George Mayo Inquiry into Land Allotment by George Mayo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f18_123794_0004.jpg?itok=ZUwMYEz3)
Carlisle student George Mayo inquires about obtaining a tract of land to farm after he completes his agricultural training.