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  • Title: Letter from William F. Cody to A. W. Wood
  • Date: March 3, 1902
  • Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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[drawing]
 The New
Hoffman House,
Madison Square,
J. P. Caddagan, Manager.
Absolutely Fire Proof.

New York, Mar. 23 1902 My Dear Mr Wood—

Am glad that the bids begin to look more reasonable. [1] I would like to see the first story built of those different colored cobble stone. on the two front sides of the hotel the second of grey stone trimed with red— she would then be a house that would get talked about—

Yours truly W. F. Cody
 

[photographs]
[Images of Cody and Salsbury]
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.
Col. W. F. Cody. (Buffalo Bill) President.
Nate Salsbury. Vice President & Manager.
Maj. Hon M. Burke Genl. Mgr. Jule Keen Bus. Mgr & Treas.

Madison.Sq.Sta.-N.Y. 1902 Mar 23 5—PM

[stamp]
[Postage stamp, rotated counterclockwise, red]

United State Postage 2 two cents 2

A. W. Wood Architect Lincoln Neb

Note 1: Cody probably refers to cost estimates for the Irma Hotel. [back]

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