Early baseball in Georgia/Club 40

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Location	Georgia
Year	1878
Month	2
Date	7
Modern address	Sandersville GA
City	Sandersville
State	GA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Augusta Chronicle, February 7, 1878, notes “Sandersville begins the base ball season.”

Sandersville GA (current pop. about 6000)is about 110 miles SE of Atlanta and about 50 miles E of Macon.

Sources

Augusta Chronicle, February 7, 1878