Early baseball in Delaware/Club 1

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Location	Delaware
Year	1865
Month	10
Date	2
City	Wilmington
State	DE
Country	US
Nickname	Diamond State Base Ball Club
First in Delaware	Yes

The Diamond State Base Ball Club was organized in Wilmington, Delaware, on October 2, 1865 in the office of attorney and first club president, Levi C. Bird.

The Diamond State Club of Wilmington, Delaware, is listed on page 507 in Peverelly [1866]. The delegates to the National Convention were S.H. Edgar and W.D. Mendenhall.

Summaries of the club's play by season can be accessed through the following links:
1865 http://www.diamondstatebaseball.org/site/schedule/1865-matches
1866 http://www.diamondstatebaseball.org/site/schedule/1866-matches
1867 http://www.diamondstatebaseball.org/site/schedule/1867-matches

Sources

Diamond State BBC. Brief History of the Diamond State Base Ball Club. http://www.diamondstatebaseball.org/site/history

Peverelly, Charles. The Book of American Pastimes, page 507.