Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 10

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Location	North Carolina
Year	1878
Month	7
Date	10
Modern address	Jaxkson NC
City	Jackson
State	NC
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Jackson, North Carolina club will play the Halifax club of Halifax in a match game in Weldon “today.” Petersburg (VA) Index Appeal, July 10, 1878

Jackson NC (current pop. about 700) is in the NE corner of nC and about 10 miles from the VA border. Halifax NC (current pop. about 350) is about 15 miles SW of Jackson.

Sources

Petersburg (VA) Index Appeal, July 10, 1878