Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck, April 15, 1896 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 April 15, 1896 1 page University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Beck Family Papers, 1858-1992 (bulk 1884-1919); Acc. #10386 ah10386_0124

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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. [end heading imprint] Number 17 ch1 Sent By Cw Rec'd by 5 Paid Received at [hand stamped] Auditorium Hotel Annex 223p4/15 18962 Dated Philadelphia Pa 15 [To] Geo T Beck Audit Annex

Come to Philadelphia at once.

W F Cody Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or Willaim F. Cody assignee. Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West was in preparation for the opening of the 1896 season in Philadelphia on April 18th.