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"CLUB ORGANIZED, – A base ball club was organized in St. Louis, Mo, on the 1st inst.  It boasts of being the first organization of the kind in that city, but will not, surely, long stand alone.  It numbers already 18 members, officers as follows:  President, C. D. Paul; Vice do, J. T. Haggerty; Secretary, C. Thurber; Treasurer, E. R. Paul.  They announce their determination to be ready to play matches in about a month."   
"CLUB ORGANIZED, – A base ball club was organized in St. Louis, Mo, on the 1st inst.  It boasts of being the first organization of the kind in that city, but will not, surely, long stand alone.  It numbers already 18 members, officers as follows:  President, C. D. Paul; Vice do, J. T. Haggerty; Secretary, C. Thurber; Treasurer, E. R. Paul.  They announce their determination to be ready to play matches in about a month."   
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St. Louis MO (1860 pop. about 161,000) was then the 8th largest city in the US.
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St. Louis MO () is
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|Sources=Source:  Under-identified clipping in the Mears collection – The Clipper or the Spirit of the Times – annotated "Sept 1859" in hand.  Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.
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Source:  Under-identified clipping in the Mears collection – The Clipper or the Spirit of the Times – annotated "Sept 1859" in hand.  Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.
See item #1859.39 at http://protoball.org/Chronology:_1840_-_1870
See item #1859.39 at http://protoball.org/Chronology:_1840_-_1870
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