Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 13

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Location	Tennessee
Year	1875
Modern address	Lafayette TN
City	Lafayette
State	TN
Found by	Bruce Allardice

“Tennessee News… Lafayette has a base-ball club.” Memphis Daily Appeal, July 23, 1875

Lafayette TN (current pop. about 3900) is about 50 miles NE of Nashville and about 20 miles S of the Kentucky border.

Sources

Memphis Daily Appeal, July 23, 1875