Red Jackets Club of Marseilles

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Nick Name	Red Jackets
Earliest Known Date	1868
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Location	Marseilles, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Ottawa Free Trader, May 16, 1869, reports that the Athletic Jr. BBC of Ottawa will play the Red Jackets of Marseilles on May 29th. Same, May 29, 1869, reports that the fast-growing city of Marseilles "has a newspaper, a base ball club, fast horses, billiard saloons..." Same, March 18, 1871, reports on a meeting of the Olympic Base Ball Club of Marseilles on March 17th, with Davis Shipman being elected president.
Sources	The Ottawa Free Trader, May 16, 1869. Sampson, Ballists, Dead Beats and Muffins (2023)
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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