Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 38

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Location Pennsylvania
Year 1865
Month 11
City Gettysburg
State PA
Nickname Gettysburg, Aurora
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Gettysburg Republican Compiler, Nov. 27, 1865, reports on a game played on the 18th between the Gettysburg and Aurora BBCs of that city, "in the rear of the [Gettysburg] College Buildings." Same, Sept. 3, 1866: The Gettysburg Base Ball Club reorganized last week..."

Gettysburg PA is about 110 miles E of Philadelphia and 10 miles N of the Maryland border.

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Gettysburg Republican Compiler, Nov. 27, 1865

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