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|Text=<p>An informal group called the "New York Cricket Club" is headquartered in New York City at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, No. 11 Nassau Street. The club flourishes for a year and then dies.</p>
|Text=<p>An informal group called the "New York Cricket Club" is headquartered in New York City at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, No. 11 Nassau Street. The club flourishes for a year and then dies.</p>
<p>Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: The source is a Chadwick Scrapbook clip. "St. George was preceded in NYC by a club whose headquarters were at the Old Shakespeare in Nassau St.- This group was called the New York Club- it flourished for a year or so, then died."  George Thompson has located an announcement of a club meeting in the <u>Daily Advertiser</u>, March 23, 1803, page 3 column 3, and another that appeared in the <u>Commercial Advertiser</u> on July 2 [page 3, column 2], July 7 [page 3, column 3], and July 8 [page 3, column 3.  In early 1804, the <u>Evening</u> Post, February 10, [page 34 column 3] called another meeting at the same Nassau Street address.  Submitted to Protoball 8/2/2005.</p>
<p>Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: The source is a Chadwick Scrapbook clip. "St. George was preceded in NYC by a club whose headquarters were at the Old Shakespeare in Nassau St.- This group was called the New York Club- it flourished for a year or so, then died."  George Thompson has located an announcement of a club meeting in the <u>Daily Advertiser</u>, March 23, 1803, page 3 column 3, and another that appeared in the <u>Commercial Advertiser</u> on July 2 [page 3, column 2], July 7 [page 3, column 3], and July 8 [page 3, column 3.  In early 1804, the <u>Evening</u> Post, February 10, [page 34 column 3] called another meeting at the same Nassau Street address.  Submitted to Protoball 8/2/2005.</p>

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An informal group called the "New York Cricket Club" is headquartered in New York City at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, No. 11 Nassau Street. The club flourishes for a year and then dies.

Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: The source is a Chadwick Scrapbook clip. "St. George was preceded in NYC by a club whose headquarters were at the Old Shakespeare in Nassau St.- This group was called the New York Club- it flourished for a year or so, then died." George Thompson has located an announcement of a club meeting in the Daily Advertiser, March 23, 1803, page 3 column 3, and another that appeared in the Commercial Advertiser on July 2 [page 3, column 2], July 7 [page 3, column 3], and July 8 [page 3, column 3. In early 1804, the Evening Post, February 10, [page 34 column 3] called another meeting at the same Nassau Street address. Submitted to Protoball 8/2/2005.

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