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Abraham G. Mills

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Abraham Gilbert Mills (March 12, 1844 – August 26, 1929) was the fourth president of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (1883-1884), and is best known for heading the "Mills Commission" which controversially credited Civil War General Abner Doubleday with the invention of baseball. [1]

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Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War.

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Abraham Mills

Abraham Mills may refer to.

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Alexander Cartwright

Alexander "Alick" Joy Cartwright Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s.

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Arthur Pue Gorman

Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906.

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Arthur Soden

Arthur H. Soden (April 23, 1843 – August 15, 1925) was an American executive in Major League Baseball who was the president/owner of the Boston Base Ball Club of the National League and a Civil War veteran.

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Athletics in upstate New York

Upstate New York is a storied region in North American athletics.

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Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States.

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Doubleday myth

The Doubleday myth refers to the belief that the sport of baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York.

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Duncan Curry

Duncan Fraser Curry (November 28, 1812 – April 1894) was an American baseball pioneer and insurance executive.

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Louis F. Wadsworth

Louis Fenn Wadsworth (May 6, 1825 – March 26, 1908) was an American baseball pioneer, who was a player and organizer with the New York Knickerbockers in the 1840s.

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Nicholas Young (executive)

Nicholas Ephraim Young (September 12, 1840 – October 31, 1916) was an American executive, manager and umpire in professional baseball who served as president of the National League from 1885 to 1902.

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Origins of baseball

The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century.

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Town ball

Town ball, townball, or Philadelphia town ball, is a bat-and-ball, safe haven game played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was similar to rounders and was a precursor to modern baseball.

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Upstate New York

Upstate New York is the portion of the American state of New York lying north of the New York metropolitan area.

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165th New York Volunteer Infantry

The 165th New York Volunteer Infantry (aka, "2nd Battalion Duryée's Zouaves" and "Smith's Zouaves") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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1882 in baseball

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1884 in baseball

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_G._Mills

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