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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1855
|Year Number=5
|Headline=Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized.
|Headline=Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized.
|Year=1855
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p>Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. <b>Note:</b> Seymour did not name the seven nines; dammit.</p>
|Country=US
|State=NY
|City=Manhattan, Brooklyn
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"1855 -- seven clubs organized.&nbsp; In 1856 four more."</p>
|Sources=<p>Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809.&nbsp; He cites Weaver, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Amusements and Sports</span>, pages 98 ff.</p>
|Comment=<p>&nbsp;<strong>Note:</strong> Seymour did not name the seven nines; drat.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=5
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized.

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"1855 -- seven clubs organized.  In 1856 four more."

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Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809.  He cites Weaver, Amusements and Sports, pages 98 ff.

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 Note: Seymour did not name the seven nines; drat.

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