Title: Letter from William F. Cody to Brian Keating O'Dwyer
Date: July 30, 1888
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Co. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), President. Nate Salsbury, Vice-President. John M. Burke, Gen. Manager.
July 30 188
My Dear O Dwyer
Have written Friend Bell— Am glad you have got there. Now you old mule skinner. if You dont prove your self a good man— You will be tied behind a wagon by the thumbs and [led?] for three days—
Regards to family
Your friend
Bill Cody
Note: MS6 dates this letter 1888. Brian Keating O'Dwyer was a government scout, wagon master, teamster, and Dodge City, Kansas, saloon keeper in the 1870s. 'Friend Bell' refers to John S. Bell, director of the U. S. Secret Service from 1888-1890, to whom Cody wrote to request a commission for O'Dwyer.
Title: Letter from William F. Cody to Brian Keating O'Dwyer
Source: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, MS6.0067
Date: July 30, 1888
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
People: O'Dwyer, Brian Keating Bell, John S.
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