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"Massachusetts Balls" on Sale in Rochester NY

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Text	An advertisement in a Rochester paper offered "New York Regulation Size Ball, Massachusetts Balls, Children's Rubber and Fancy Balls, Wholesale and Retail." Rochester[NY] Union and Advertiser, April 28, 1862. Posted to the 19CBB listserve by Priscilla Astifan on May 14, 2005. Note: We know that an "old-fashioned base ball" was being played in Central New York prior to the Civil War: see #1858.48 and #1860.45 above.
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 <p><u>Rochester</u><u>[NY] Union and Advertiser</u>, April 28, 1862.  Posted to the 19CBB listserve by Priscilla Astifan on May 14, 2005.  <b>Note:</b>  We know that an "old-fashioned base ball" was being played in Central New York prior to the Civil War:  see #1858.48 and #1860.45 above.</p>
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