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|Year=1860 | |Year=1860 | ||
|Year Number=61 | |Year Number=61 | ||
|Headline=Colored Union Club Beats Unknowns, 33-24 | |Headline=Colored Union Club Beats Unknowns, 33-24, in Brooklyn | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=African Americans, | |Tags=African Americans, | ||
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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"We, the members of the Colored Union Base Ball Club, return our sincere thanks to you for publishing the score of the game we played with the Unknown, of Weeksville | |Text=<p>"We, the members of the Colored Union Base Ball Club, return our sincere thanks to you for publishing the score of the game we played with the Unknown, of Weeksville on the 28th ult. [September 28, 1860]).</p> | ||
<p>"We go under the name the "Colored Union," for, if we mistake not, there is a white club called the Union in Williamsburg at the present time."</p> | <p>"We go under the name the "Colored Union," for, if we mistake not, there is a white club called the Union in Williamsburg at the present time."</p> | ||
<p> | <p>The letter goes on to report a game against the Unknown Club on October 5, 1860. The Colored Union club eventually won with 6 runs in the ninth. </p> | ||
<p> </p> | <p> </p> | ||
<p> </p> | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>New York Sunday Mercury, October 14, 1860, col. 5-6.</p> | |Sources=<p>New York Sunday Mercury, October 14, 1860, col. 5-6.</p> | ||
|Query=<p> | |Comment=<p>Weeksville was a town founded by freedmen. Its population in the 1850s was about 500.</p> | ||
|Query=<p> </p> | |||
<p>How does this game relate to entry [[1860.9]] above?</p> | <p>How does this game relate to entry [[1860.9]] above?</p> | ||
|Submitted by=Gregory Christiano | |Submitted by=Gregory Christiano | ||
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Colored Union Club Beats Unknowns, 33-24, in Brooklyn
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | African AmericansAfrican Americans |
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| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, USA |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "We, the members of the Colored Union Base Ball Club, return our sincere thanks to you for publishing the score of the game we played with the Unknown, of Weeksville on the 28th ult. [September 28, 1860]). "We go under the name the "Colored Union," for, if we mistake not, there is a white club called the Union in Williamsburg at the present time." The letter goes on to report a game against the Unknown Club on October 5, 1860. The Colored Union club eventually won with 6 runs in the ninth.
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| Sources | New York Sunday Mercury, October 14, 1860, col. 5-6. |
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| Comment | Weeksville was a town founded by freedmen. Its population in the 1850s was about 500. Edit with form to add a comment |
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How does this game relate to entry 1860.9 above? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Gregory Christiano |
| Submission Note | from Bob Tholkes' collection of NYSM images |
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1860.61 Colored Union Club Beats Unknowns, 33-24, in Brooklyn"
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