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Club Organized in St. Louis MO

Salience	Noteworthy
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Location	MissouriMissouri
City/State/Country:	St. Louis, MO, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
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Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"CLUB ORGANIZED, - A base ball club was organized in St. Louis, Mo, on the 1st inst. It boasts of being the first organization of the kind in that city, but will not, surely, long stand alone. It numbers already 18 members, officers as follows: President, C. D. Paul; Vice do, J. T. Haggerty; Secretary, C. Thurber; Treasurer, E. R. Paul. They announce their determination to be ready to play matches in about a month.
Sources	New York Clipper, September 3, 1859.
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Comment	In a 4/1/2013 email, Jeff Kittel confirms the date and source of this account, and estimates that this is he oldest primary evidence of base ball, and of a base ball club, in St. Louis. Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Craig Waff, Jeff Kittel
Submission Note	In September 2008 Craig supplied an unclearly dated facsimile from the Mears Collection, and in 2013 Jeff Kittel confirmed its date and source.
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1859.39 Club Organized in St. Louis MO"

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