Report-1845, September 30

Transcribed report on the activities of the Indian Manual Labor School from E.T. Perry, Superintendent Manual Labor School to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Sep 30, 1845

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Ind. Man. Lab. School
Sept. 30th 1845

Hon T. Hartley Crawford

Dear Sir,

    Our school for the quarter ending this date has been very interesting and our prospects for the future still continue to be good.

    We have been afflicted with sickness this fall in our Mission Family; some sixty cases of intermittent fever; but through the vigilance of our family Physician and the care of an over ruling Providence, all are well or nearly so.

    There have been in regular attendance during the past quarter one hundred and eight pupils; seventy boys and thirty eight girls. Of this number forty were Delawares: twenty two boys and eighteen girls.

Most respectfully submitted
by your obt. Servt.
E.T. Peery

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[Transcribed from National Archives microfilm series M234, roll 782, frame 1143 by Roger Berg Jr. February 1992]