Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: September 23, 1895
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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The Buffalo Bill Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.
Nate Salsbury, Vice-Pres't and Manager.
John M. Burke, . . . General Manager.
Albert E. Scheible, . . . Business Manager.
Jule Keen, . . . Treasurer.
My Dear George
I spent yestarday with Salsbury & Bleistein. We are all coming out when I close. Do you think we can kill an Elk then or will the snow be to deep find out from the people ho the winters are Salsbury & Bleistein say we ought to have in our contracts to parties who we sell Waterrights [3] that they are to work so many days a year on roads. So we will have good rods [4] —
Write me
Bill
Note 1: On September 23, 1895, Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Paterson, New York. [back]
Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1895 as determined by the Routes List (Note 1) and by context: Cody wrote to Beck two days earlier, inscribed from nearby Newburgh, New Jersey (September 21, 1895; CSS00450), and mentioned having just met Salsbury and Bleistein. [back]
Note 3: Water rights. [back]
Note 4: Roads. [back]
Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972), ah031295
Date: September 23, 1895
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming
Keyword: Courier Printing Company
People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943 Salsbury, Nathan, 1846-1902 Bleistein, George, 1861-1918
Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
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