Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, September 6, 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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Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck September 6, 1895 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Beck Family Papers, 1858-1992 (bulk 1884-1919); Acc. #10386 ah10386_0016

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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 Adams, Deb Transcription Form No. 1.The Western Union Telegraph Company.Incorporated21,000 Offices In America.Cable Service to All The World.This Company Transmits and Delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing with in sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.This is an Unrepeated Message, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager. Number 9CH1 Sent By Hr Rec'd by Mo Check 10 Pd 506 Received at 212 South 13th Street, Omaha, Neb.755aSept 6 1895 Dated Johnstown Pa 62 To Geo. T. BeckMcTagues Hotel3

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W F Cody Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1895. Note 3: McTagues Hotel: James Hugh McTague (1858-1926), the owner of a catering service in Omaha, Nebraska, who opened a basement saloon with partner Charles Little under the name of Little & McTague. McTague later opened a European-style hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, before relocating to Missouri.