Early baseball in Florida/Club 4

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Location	Florida
Year	1867
Month	6
City	Monticello
State	FL
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Memphis Appeal, June 18, 1867 reports that “forty citizens” of Monticello have formed a baseball club. The Jacksonville "New South" Aug. 5, 1874 says that Jefferson County (of which Monticello is the county seat) will play Savannah in a match game of baseball.

Monticello is about 25 miles NE of Tallahassee.

Sources

Memphis Appeal, June 18, 1867