Reports on 26 pre-Civil War baseball games...
WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Aug. 11, 1860 Basically a sports-themed newspaper. Over a full page is taken up with reports and box sores on 26 baseball games. Much reporting on cricket as well.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 16 inches, foxing at the margins, good condition.
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