Clipping:Getting to Irvington

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Date Wednesday, June 5, 1867
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[Union of Morrisania vs. Irvington 6/4/1867] The interest which base ball has created might be ascertained from the fact that fully seven or eight thousand people willingly braved the intense heat which prevailed yesterday, the attempts made by the Jersey Horse Railroad Company, from Newark to Irvington, to crowd the greatest number of people in the smallest possible space, the swarms of Jersey mosquitoes, the exorbitant demands of owners of lumber wagons, and the probabilities of a prolonged stay in the vicinity of the “Camptown Navy Yard,” in order to witness what promised to be a first class match in every particular. New York Herald June 5, 1867

Chadwick’s predecessor at the Clipper now the general business superintendent

[Frank Queen defending against a libel suit] William Henry Bray testified that he is general business superintendent of the New York Clipper... New York Clipper June 8, 1867

Source New York Herald
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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