Early baseball in New York (city)/Club 1

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Location	New York (city)
Year	1856
Month	3
City	Harlem
State	NY
Country	US
Nickname	Harlem Base Ball Club
Found by	Larry McCray

Table of charter members of the National Association of Base Ball Players [NABBP], in Henry Ellard, Baseball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), page 13. -- From Protoball Entry #1859.20 -- Two More BB Clubs Issue Rules

David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 224, lists new rules in 1859 for the Harlem BB Club in NY and the Mercantile BB Club in Philadelphia.