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Spalding World Tour diary

Date1888-1889

DescriptionDiary of a member of the World Tour of 1888-1889. The beginning of the diary includes short daily entries provide information about where the teams started each day and their eventual destination and a mileage log shows how many miles were traveled between various destination. Daily written diary entries provide insight into the tour and various events that took place.

Bio/Historical NoteThe World Tour of 1888-1889 was known as the Spalding Australian World Tour. It was organized by A.G. Spalding and took the Chicago White Stockings and an All-Star American team around the world. The main stops of the trip were Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, France, Ireland and the UK.

Object numberBL-1997-04266

Subject Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill)

Subject Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 033 World Tours collection

Dimensions172 pages|8 x 10 in.

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