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|Headline=Excelsior Club Forms in Brooklyn | |Headline=Excelsior Club Forms in Brooklyn | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Club Constitutions/Bylaws, | |||
|Location=Greater New York City, | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=Brooklyn | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>The Excelsior Club is organized "to improve, foster, and perpetuate the American game of Base Ball, and advance morally, socially and physically the interests of its members." Its written constitution, Seymour notes, is very similar in wording to the Knickerbocker constitution.</p> | |Text=<p><span>Constitution and By-Laws of the Excelsior Base Ball Club of Brooklyn</span>, 1854. The Excelsior Club is organized "to improve, foster, and perpetuate the American game of Base Ball, and advance morally, socially and physically the interests of its members." Its written constitution, Seymour notes, is very similar in wording to the Knickerbocker constitution.</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p> | |Sources=<p>Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809.</p> | ||
|Query=<p>Is this the first base ball club organized in Brooklyn?</p> | |Query=<p>Is this the first base ball club organized in Brooklyn?</p> | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
|Coordinates=40.6781784, -73.9441579 | |||
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| Tags | Club Constitutions/BylawsClub Constitutions/Bylaws |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | Constitution and By-Laws of the Excelsior Base Ball Club of Brooklyn, 1854. The Excelsior Club is organized "to improve, foster, and perpetuate the American game of Base Ball, and advance morally, socially and physically the interests of its members." Its written constitution, Seymour notes, is very similar in wording to the Knickerbocker constitution.
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| Sources | Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. |
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