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Known sets of rules for base ball and other baserunning games

I. Official Rule Sets

Early New York Club Rules

• 1845 Knickerbocker Rules
• 1848 Knickerbocker Rules
• 1854 Knick-Eagle-Gotham Unified Rules
• 1856 Putnam Rules
• 1857 Convention Rules

National Association of Base Ball Players Rules

• 1860 NABBP Rules
• 1863 NABBP Rules
• 1870 NABBP Rules

Massachusetts Rules

• 1858 Dedham Rules
• 1863 New Marlboro Rules

II. Published Descriptive Rule Sets

• Gutsmuths' Englische Base-ball 1796
• La balle empoisonnée (poisoned ball) 1815
• Rounders 1828
• Base, or Goal-ball 1834
• Base or Goal Ball 1837