ALS, 1916 July 10 : Norwich, Conn. / to "My Dear Hearsey."

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ALS, 1916 July 10 : Norwich, Conn. / to "My Dear Hearsey."

Buffalo Bill writes: "Some times I feel like giving up and letting everything go. Here at my age to find my self pressed on all sides for money. And I am working - when realy I should go into a hospital and be opperated on for an enlarged prostrate gland. The horse back work hurts. An with rain, opposition, war scare & c ... I am too utterly discourage perhaps I shouldn't give away like this. But I can't help it."

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...