Early baseball in New Jersey/Club 9
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| Location | New Jersey |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Note on date | No Later Than July 1859 |
| City | Elizabeth |
| State | NJ |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Union |
Peverelly [page 90] reports that the Liberty Club of New Brunswick NJ played the Union Club on 7/11/1859.
The Union Club of Elizabeth NJ is listed as an NABBP member in 1860: M. Wright, The NAABP, page 53,
