Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: April 19, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Philadelphia Pa Apl 19-96 [1]
Geo T Beck, Annex Auditorium, Hotel. Chicago Ills.
Wire cunningham at once to get his settlers ready.
W.F.Cody.
932PNote 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill' sWild West opened the 1896 season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 18th, performing there until April 25th. [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_0128
Date: April 19, 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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