Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: April 15, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Number 17 ch [1]
Sent By Cw
Rec'd by 5 Paid
Received at [hand stamped] Auditorium Hotel Annex
223p
4/15 1896
[2]
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. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West was in preparation for the opening of the 1896 season in Philadelphia on April 18th. [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_0124
Date: April 15, 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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