Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 4

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1858
City	Newburgh
State	NY
Country	US
Nickname	Newburgh Base Ball Club
Found by	Larry McCray

From Protoball Entry #1858.5 -- Seven More Clubs Publish Their Rules

David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 224, lists 7 clubs with new rulebooks in 1858. They include base ball clubs in Stamford CT [Mazeppa BB Club], Newburgh NY [Newburgh BB Club, Louisville [KY]? [Louisville BB Club], New York City [Independent BB Club], South Brooklyn [Olympic BB Club], Jersey City [Hamilton BB Club], and, formed to play the Massachusetts Game, the Takewambait BB Club of Natick MA.