Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 24

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Location Tennessee
Year 1869
Modern address Sewanee TN
City Sewanee
State TN
Found by Bruce Allardice

The New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869, under the headline “Letter from Sewanee Plateau,” reports that “the students [of the University of the South at Sewanee] are divided into several clubs and nines, and have their baseball matches and other games…”

Sewanee TN (current pop. about 2400) is about 40 miles NW of Chattanooga. It is the home of the University of the South.

Sources

New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869

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