Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 26
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| Location | Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Month | 3 |
| Note on date | No Later than March 1868 |
| City | Lynn |
| State | MA |
| Nickname | Granite |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Boston Journal, March 10, 1868, reports on a meeting of the New England Association of the National Base Ball players. The article mentions the Lowell BBC, the Wamsutta of New Bedford, the Granite of Lynn, the Warren of Rockville, the Salmon of Lowell, and the Electric of Brighton.
Lynn MA (170 pop. about 28,000) is about 10 miles NE of Boston on the Atlantic Coast.
Sources
Boston Journal, March 10, 1868
