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Seymour Research Note: Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized.

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City/State/Country:	Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, NY, NJ, US
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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, 1939), page 98 ff.
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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.  Edit with form to add a comment
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1855.5 Seymour Research Note: Seven Base Ball Clubs Now Organized."

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