Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: January 24, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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New York Jan 24th-96 [1]
Chamberlins Hotel
Washn
See president [2] vice president [3] if not hing can be done we must close down on work at once
W F Cody
Note 1: Buffalo Bill's Wild West occupied winter quarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from November 3, 1895 through April 17, 1896. [back]
Note 2: President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). Cody hoped Cleveland would soon sign over the lands for settlement in the Big Horn Basin under the Carey Act of 1894. [back]
Note 3: Adlai E. Stevenson I (1835-1914), was Vice-president of the United States at this time. [back]
Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Beck Family Papers, 1858-1992 (bulk 1884-1919); Acc. #10386, ah10386_0063
Date: January 24, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming
People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943
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