Early baseball in Ohio/Club 25
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1868 |
Month | 8 |
Modern address | Wilmington OH |
City | Wilmington |
State | OH |
Nickname | Clinton |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Aug. 1, 1868, mentions the Clinton BBC of Wilmington.
Wilmington OH (1860 pop. about 900, 1870 pop. 2,000) is n SW Ohio, about 45 miles NE of Cincinnati.
Sources
The Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Aug. 1, 1868