Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: April 12, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Form No. 44.
Night Message.
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Norvin Green, President.
Number 138 Ch [1]
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30 pdnite
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Received at 212 South 13th Street, Omaha, Neb. M. Standard Time. 1034p
Apl 12 1896
Dated Philadelphia Pa 12 [2]
McTagues Hotel [3] .
Why have you not signed contract with State Company wants report of meeting also about construction Hayden cannot do everything. When do you return. We can hear nothing from you.
W. F. Cody
Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West occupied its winter quarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from November 3, 1895, through mid-April 1896, before opening in Philadelphia on April 18, 1896. [back]
Note 3: McTague Hotel: James Hugh McTague (1858-1926), 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. [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_0118
Date: April 12, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming
People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943
Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
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