1856.21
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Trenton Club Forms for "Invigorating Amusement"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | |
| Location | New JerseyNew Jersey |
| City/State/Country: | Trenton, NJ, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | "BASE BALL CLUB. - A number of gentlemen of this city have formed themselves into a club for the practice of the invigorating amusement of Base Ball. Their practicing ground is on the common east of the canal. We hope that this will be succeeded by a Cricket Club."
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| Sources | "Base Ball Club," Trenton (NJ) State Gazette (May 26, 1856) no page provided. |
| Warning | |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Is this the first known NJ club well outside the NY metropolitan area? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | |
| Submitted by | Contributed by John Maurath, Missouri Civil War Museum at Historic Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis |
| Submission Note | 1/18/2008. |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1856.21 Trenton Club Forms for "Invigorating Amusement""
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