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Carlisle, Pa., May 25, 1901.

Mr. Frank A. Gross, Treas., etc.,
Lackawanna & Green Bay Line,
Buffalo, New York.

My dear Sir :-

Your brother Henry, of the C. & N. W. in New York, and I
have been friends for many years. In talking with him the other day
he told me you might be able to help me in getting suitable accommo-
dations for our band of forty-five pieces while serving at the Expo-
sition from July 29th to Aug. 25th. I expect to go to Buffalo before
that time to see what can be done unless I can arrange satisfactorily
without. My contract with the authorities is such that we shall be
out of pocket by the venture in any event. I therefore need to se-
cure the cheapest accommodations that will be at all satisfactory.
If you have anything to suggest I shall be glad to hear from you.

In October if all goes well it is my intention to take all my
boys and girls or as many of them as save enough money to afford it
to Buffalo. I took 543 to the Chicago Exposition in '93 for a week's
stay, at which time I happened very fortunately to strike a convenient unused hotel which was in the hands of a receiver, and got very
cheap and satisfactory accommodations.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 25, 1901.

Mrs. Ruth Shaffner-Etnier,
4512 Osage Ave.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Mrs. Etnier :-

I have yours in regard to the girls and boys, mistated the 26th. I feel that it is decidedly best to accept of all the help offered for our Porto Rican young people, and shall not object in the least if every single one is provided for. The arrangement you have made is of course far better than anything we could contrive for them among strangers. Your having been in Porto Rico, knowing the young people and having their confidence, and their families being entirely agreeable, make it simple and admirable. I am also satisfied that your long service here and your great good sense on all such matters will lead you to keep them employed somewhat in labor lines and so increase their respect and inclination for labor. This I fear would not be the case if they were sent to Boston, even for the visits proposed. A great deal of kindness towards all our needy peoples is misdirected on just this line and so we have failures in undue proportion. A course in shop work for Paul and Castulo would be admirable. Whether it would be better than what they are getting practically here in our printing office and school is something of a question. Both are a long way from the graduating point here, and my feeling is that until they have finished our course they could not do better elsewhere. Still as it would enable us to take one more, perhaps of a lower grade, I shall make no objection to either one going

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to Boston as Mrs. Nuttall proposes. Paul is exceptionally useful to us just now in getting at those who cannot speak any English. However, we can manage to get along with others who are less perfect.

It is desirable so far as possible that these young people be divided up. There is a great rattling of Spanish going on both in the girls' and boys' quarters when they are there. Last night while sitting on Mr. Thompson's porch we heard the young Spaniards way down in the large boys' quarters talking as they do in the most earnest manner. They are not going to learn English quickly unless we make war on this. After a little I shall take up the hindering methods we had to use against Indian, and require them to speak English entirely.

There is a very gentlemanly and manly little fellow in the fresh man class at Dickinson, who came from San Juan, and was for a while a clerk in one of the banks there.

I return Mrs. Nuttall's letters.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Samuel G. Isaac,

Onondaga Castle, New York.

My dear Sir :-

Your granddaughter, Florence George, knowing that her five
years would be up this summer, came to me in my office and asked to
be allowed to go to the country for the summer. At first I did not
really favor it, but on her urgency I consented and she was given a
place very soon after. This means of course that she will remain an-
other year. Florence is a capable girl, and her own conclusion in
the matter seems to me a wise one.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Miss Minnie L. Prophet,
Seneca, Mo.

Dear Miss Prophet :-

On inquiring into your case I find that you are a Haskell
student and should return there if you go to any Indian school. Unless
Mr. Peairs agrees to or recommends your transfer to Carlisle I do not
feel it is best to encourage you to come here, nor can I accept of
you as a student without approval of your superintendent. If you
wish to be transferred, apply to Mr. Peairs.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Miss Clara LaCroix,
Hatboro, Pa.

Dear Clara :-

I have put your name on the home list, expecting you will
go with the party about the first of July.

Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Mrs. Cecelia Londrosh Herman,
Homer, Neb.

My dear School-daughter :-

I shall be glad to receive John E. Dottson at any time he
is ready to come, but his transfer should be managed through the a-
gent, so that it will be a proper and official action.

Am delighted to hear from you again and to know how you are get-
ting on. I congratulate you on your family and especially on the fact
that you have a very busy life. Nothing in the world is better for
anyone than that. Thank you for your kindly expression about my pro-
motion. Am only lieutenant colonel, but shall be colonel probably in
a couple of years.

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