(CODY BUFFALO BILL) Pair of pamphlets from Buffalo Bills Wil

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INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY (NEW YORK'S OWN WILD WEST) (CODY, BUFFALO BILL.) Pair of pamphlets from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company, Incorporated under the Laws of New Jersey." 29 pages. 7 x 5.5 inches, original wrappers, slight separation at fold, otherwise quite nice. Long Branch, NJ, February 1887 * "Passenger List, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, per Steamer State of Nebraska." 4 pages. 5.5 x 4.5 inches, original gilt relief pictorial wrappers. Np, 31 March 1887. Vp, 1887

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These 2 important documents do not appear on WorldCat, although the passenger list is known to scholars. They document the formal incorporation of Buffalo Bill's show, and their subsequent trip to London. The passenger list gives the names of 23 men and women, followed by the Hon. W.F. Cody, Annie Oakley and 111 others under the heading "Wild West Combination," and 90 named Sioux Indians. with clippings on the tour, 1888 and undated.