Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 27

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Location Massachusetts
Year 1868
Month 3
Note on date No Later than March 1868
City Brighton
State MA
Nickname Electric
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Boston Journal, March 10, 1868, reports on a meeting of the New England Association of the National Base Ball players. The article mentions the Lowell BBC, the Wamsutta of New Bedford, the Granite of Lynn, the Warren of Rockville, the Salmon of Lowell, and the Electric of Brighton.

Brighton MA is about 5 miles W of Boston.

Sources

Boston Journal, March 10, 1868

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