Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, September 10, 1895 Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Johnston, Jeremy Christianson, Frank Seefeldt, Douglas, 1964- Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. 2013 William F. Cody Archive University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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BBWW performed in York, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1895. "S. V. Nagle, an associate of the firm of F. A. Nagle, Commission Merchants, of Chicago" [from Bonner, p69] was the agent for German settlers coming to the Big Horn Basin for the promise of cheap land. Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck September 10, 1895 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill Letters to George T. Beck (Acc. #9972) ah031287

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Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943 Nagle, F. A. Nagle, S. V. Weakly, Laura K. Added annotations Weakly, Laura K. Initial encoding Clark, Linda Proofing Boyce, Gary Transcription Adams, Deb Transcription 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. Sep. 10th1 Dear George—

Wreck last week2 cold rain this week. Say George— be careful about see takeingtaking Nagle3 & settlers property or we will get into an everlasting law suit. And the cry will go out that we get settlers out there and then take their all away from them— should such a report get out we are ruined

Let me know the conditions No statements yet guess type writtertypewriter got to much to do—

Bill Note 1: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is 1895 as determined by the Routes List: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in York, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1895. Note 2: Cody may be referring to an event on August 6th in Oswego, New York, when a significant storm disrupted an afternoon performance, recounted in a New York Times article of August 7th. Note 3: S. V. Nagle, an associate of the firm F. A. Nagle Commission Merchants of Chicago, attempted to recruit settlers to the lands that were to be irrigated by the Cody Canal.