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National Association of Base Ball Players Forms

Salience	Prominent
Tags	Business of BaseballBusiness of Baseball
Location	Greater New York CityGreater New York City
City/State/Country:	NYC, NY, USA
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	William H. van Cott is elected NABBP President.
Sources	New York Evening Express, March 11, 1858 New York Sunday Mercury, March 14, 1858 Porter's Spirit of the Times, March 20, 1858
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-|Year=1857
+|Year=1858
-|Year Number=2
+|Year Number=66
 |Headline=National Association of Base Ball Players Forms
-|Salience=2
+|Salience=1
+|Tags=Business of Baseball,
+|Location=Greater New York City,
 |Country=USA
 |State=NY
 |City=NYC
 |Game=Base Ball,
 |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
 |Age of Players=Adult
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-|Sources=<p>"Our National Sports,"&nbsp;<em>Porter's Spirit of the Times</em>, January 31, 1857. Reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor,&nbsp;<span>Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908</span>&nbsp;[University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 22-24.</p>
+|Sources=<p><em>New York Evening Express,&nbsp;</em>March 11, 1858</p>
-|Comment=<p>Peter Morris notes that the NABBP commissioned five men "to confer with the Central Park Commissioners in relation to a grant of public lands for base ball purposes. Morris, Peter,&nbsp;<span>Level Playing Fields: How the Groundskeeping Murphy Brothers Shaped Baseball</span>&nbsp;(University of Nebraska Press, 2007), page 18.</p>
+<p><em>New York Sunday Mercury,&nbsp;</em>March 14, 1858</p>
+<p><em>Porter's Spirit of the Times,&nbsp;</em>March 20, 1858</p>
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 |Has Supplemental Text=No
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