Early baseball in Georgia/Club 43

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Location	Georgia
Year	1875
Modern address	Thomasville GA
City	Thomasville
State	GA
Nickname	Tocwottons
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Thomasville Times, Oct. 23, 1875: “Boston Department… six of our base ball club visited Thomasville last week and scored twenty-four more than the Tocwottons.”

Thomasvile GA (current population about 18,000)is about 210 miles S of Atlanta and about 30 miles NE of Tallahassee FL.

Sources

Thomasville Times, Oct. 23, 1875