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  • Title: Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
  • Date: September 28, [1896]
  • Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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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.
John M. Burke. General Manager.
Jule Keen, Treasurer. /

My Dear George

In reply to your letter about Millis & Co [3] and others from Red Lodge [4] . I sent Alger on the 16 th Sep- $5.000 asking him to pay all Red Lodge debts [4] - since then I have telegraphed him three times and asked him to answer at my expense if he had paid them— Not a word can I get out of him. If our Co gets into trouble it will be Algers neglect— for he has never called on me for money and failed to get it—

Col

Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Dubuque, Iowa, on September 28, 1896. [back]

Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1896. [back]

Note 3: Orville E. Millis (1857-1935) established a wholesale and retail store in Red Lodge, Montana, in 1887. Shoshone Irrigation Company purchased goods from Millis. [back]

Note 4: "Others from Red Lodge" (Montana) and "Red Lodge debts" refer to the suppliers and the money owed them by Shoshone Irrigation Company. [back]

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