Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 12

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Location New York (state)
Year 1859
City Hempstead, L.I.
State NY
Country US
Nickname Washington

According to M. Wright, The NABBP [page 40], the Washington Club of Hempstead, Long Island, was a member of the NABBP in 1859.

Hempstead is about 15 miles E of mid-Brooklyn NY. Thus, the Washington club may be the first base ball club in what is today Long Island.


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