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|Text=<p>"We, the members of the Colored Union Base Ball Club, return our sincere thanks to you for publishing the score of the game we played with the Unknown, of Weeksville on the 28th ult. [September 28, 1860]).</p> | |Text=<p>[A] "We, the members of the Colored Union Base Ball Club, return our sincere thanks to you for publishing the score of the game we played with the Unknown, of Weeksville on the 28th ult. [September 28, 1860]).</p> | ||
<p>"We go under the name the "Colored Union," for, if we mistake not, there is a white club called the Union in Williamsburg at the present time." | <p>"We go under the name the "Colored Union," for, if we mistake not, there is a white club called the Union in Williamsburg at the present time." The letter goes on to report a game against the Unknown Club on October 5, 1860. The Colored Union club eventually won with 6 runs in the ninth. </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>[A] <span><em>New York Sunday Mercury</em>, October 14, 1860, col. 5-6.</span></p> | |||
|Sources=<p>See Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 34-36. This source carries reprints of an 1859 game and an 1862 game | <p>See Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 34-36. This source carries reprints of an 1859 game and an 1862 game</p> | ||
|Comment=<p>The four were the Unknown (Weeksville), Monitor (Brooklyn), Henson (Jamaica), and Union (Brooklyn)</p> | |Comment=<p>The four were the Unknown (Weeksville), Monitor (Brooklyn), Henson (Jamaica), and Union (Brooklyn)</p> | ||
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Four Teams of African-Americans, All in the NYC Area, Are Reported
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| Text | [A] "We, the members of the Colored Union Base Ball Club, return our sincere thanks to you for publishing the score of the game we played with the Unknown, of Weeksville on the 28th ult. [September 28, 1860]). "We go under the name the "Colored Union," for, if we mistake not, there is a white club called the Union in Williamsburg at the present time." The letter goes on to report a game against the Unknown Club on October 5, 1860. The Colored Union club eventually won with 6 runs in the ninth. |
| Sources | [A] New York Sunday Mercury, October 14, 1860, col. 5-6. See Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 34-36. This source carries reprints of an 1859 game and an 1862 game |
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1860c.4 Four Teams of African-Americans, All in the NYC Area, Are Reported"
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