Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 33

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Location	Massachusetts
Year	1867
City	Newburyport
State	MA
Nickname	Hawkswood
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Boston Post Sept. 19, 1867 mentions the Hawkswood BBC of Newburyport.

Newburyport MA (1860 pop. about 13,000 -- the 71st largest US city then) is about 35 miles NE of Boston.

Sources

Boston Post Sept. 19, 1867