Early baseball in Georgia/Club 47

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Location	Georgia
Year	1877
Month	6
Modern address	Elberton GA
City	Elberton
State	GA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

“South Carolina… Elberton and Abbeville will play a match base ball bout next Friday.” Augusta Chronicle, June 12, 1877.

Elberton GA is about 30 miles W of Abbeville SC.

Elberton GA (current population 4750) is about 100 miles NE of Atlanta on the SC border. Abbeville SC (1880 pop. about 1,500) is about 30 miles SW of Greenville SC.

Sources

Augusta Chronicle, June 12, 1877