Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, September 25, [1909] 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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Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck September 25, [1909] 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Buffalo Bill: Letters to George T. Beck, 1895-1910 (Acc. #9972) ah031474

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Texts Correspondence Buffalo Bill's Wyoming Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943 Weakly, Laura K. Initial encoding Christianson, Johnston, Houze, Clark Proofreading Boyce, Gary Transcription Adams, Deb Transcription Buffalo Bill's Wild WestCombined With Pawnee Bill's Great Far EastCol. W. F. Cody "Buffalo Bill"Maj G. W. Lillie "Pawnee Bill"Permanent Address27 East 22nd St.New York City Guthrie, Okla1 Sep. 252 Dear George,

Here is a letter from Everhart.3 You can write Kaufman.4 Say George if Old Iron Tail5 shows up in time take him on a hunt

I am haveinghaving a hard Show fight. the biggest Circus fight on record.

The Barnum & Bailey. Ringling Bros. Sells Floto Heggenbeck Wallace Miller Bros. 101 ranch6 And our show all bunched in this country

So far we are the only show thats madmade a dollar.

Yours Col Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East performed in Guthrie, Oklahoma, on September 25, 1909. Note 2: The year is not inscribed by Cody but is determined by the Routes List. Note 3: Everhart is not identified. Note 4: Kaufman is not identified. Note 5: Chief Iron Tail (1842-1916), Siŋté Máza, was an Oglala Sioux who appeared with Buffalo Bill's Wild West from 1889 to 1913, became a close friend of Cody's, and was included on many hunts. Note 6: Official organizational names: Barnum & Bailey; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows; Sells-Floto Circus; Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus; and Miller Bros. & Arlington 101 Ranch Real Wild West.