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|Text=<p>"1855 -- seven clubs organized.&nbsp; In 1856 four more."</p>
|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>
|Sources=<p>Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>&nbsp;<strong>Note:</strong> Seymour did not name the seven nines; drat.</p>
<p>He cites Robert Weaver, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Amusements and Sports</span> (Greenwood, 1968), pages 98 ff.</p>
|Comment=<p>&nbsp;<strong>Note:</strong><em> Seymour did not name the seven clubs; drat.</em></p>
<p>As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of&nbsp;27 clubs operating in the NYC area&nbsp;New York State:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>ten</em></span> were in Brooklyn (Astoria, Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>five</em></span> in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker), and <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">one</span></em> in Morrisania [Bronx].See [[<a href="Clubs_in_NY">http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY</a>]]&nbsp; In addition, <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">eleven</span></em> clubs&nbsp; are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark -- Sr. and Jr., Oriental, Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington), See[[<a href="Clubs_in_NJ">http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ</a>]].&nbsp;</p>
<p>Corrections and additions are welcome.&nbsp;</p>
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Seymour Research Note: Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized.

Salience Noteworthy
City/State/Country: Manhattan, Brooklyn, NY, US
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Adult
Text

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

Sources

Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. 

He cites Robert Weaver, Amusements and Sports (Greenwood, 1968), pages 98 ff.

Comment

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

As of mid-2013, Protoball lists a total of 27 clubs operating in the NYC area New York State:  ten were in Brooklyn (Astoria, Atlantic, Bedford, Columbia, Continental, Eckford, Excelsior, Harmony, Putnam, and Washington), five in Manhattan (Baltic, Eagle, Empire, Gotham, and Knickerbocker), and one in Morrisania [Bronx].See [[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NY]]  In addition, eleven clubs  are listed in New Jersey (Empire, Excelsior, Fear Not, Newark -- Sr. and Jr., Oriental, Olympic, Pavonia, Palisades, Pioneer, St. John, and Washington), See[[http://protoball.org/Clubs_in_NJ]]. 

Corrections and additions are welcome. 

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