1855.5

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Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized.

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City/State/Country: Manhattan, Brooklyn, NY, US
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"1855 -- seven clubs organized.  In 1856 four more."

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Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809.  He cites Weaver, Amusements and Sports, pages 98 ff.

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 Note: Seymour did not name the seven nines; drat.

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