"The Steele Box" - 1880's / 1890's Baseball

[baseball tourist]

Amazing items! Thanks for posting!

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by baseball tourist

Amazing items! Thanks for posting!

My pleasure!

[bgar3]

Mark,
Receipt #19 appears to be a bill for printing services
40 tickets to the ball grounds,
Circulars for the firemen’s game and bills (or what I think we would call posters today) for a game Newton vs a team I can’t make out but you may be able to figure out from other letters etc. I believe a game poster announcement uou put up earlier is what is meant by a bill on this invoice.
The more you post the more I believe it is a very nice archive and consideration should be given to keeping it together. Just an opinion.

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by bgar3

Mark,
Receipt #19 appears to be a bill for printing services
40 tickets to the ball grounds,
Circulars for the firemen’s game and bills (or what I think we would call posters today) for a game Newton vs a team I can’t make out but you may be able to figure out from other letters etc. I believe a game poster announcement uou put up earlier is what is meant by a bill on this invoice.
The more you post the more I believe it is a very nice archive and consideration should be given to keeping it together. Just an opinion.

Hello bGar3,

I totally agree with you. Just todays I found the receipts above in a different binder and not in my baseball binder. The connection between the items are pretty amazing. Especially since they are mostly around 130 years old.

[Mforder]

There is no year on this letter but I believe this letter predates Item #14 that is from the same person mentioned in the Fort Stanton letter.

[Mforder]

bgar3... Well this confirms the suspicion, look at the second page of the letter. It came from the same player that was looking for a team "A. A. Edmunston" and he once again mentions Esterbrook, this time as "Dude" Esterbrook. He even refers back to to the card he sent in April (Item #15.

Who knows is Esterbrook really trained him or not, but it is interesting that it is "Dude" Esterbrook that he was talking about. Another nail hit on the head!

[Mforder]

Thi letter is trying to secure a game or games with the Newton Baseball Club. The person who wrote this letter looks to be a William Vought. Who went on to play on different teams here in the states and also Canada. The team name was called Rochester Blackbirds/Montreal Royals.

https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseb...ats/p-e07adb03

https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseb...mr13125/y-1897

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Mforder

There is no year on this letter but I believe this letter predates Item #14 that is from the same person mentioned in the Fort Stanton letter.

Look at the beautiful script handwriting on this letter and compare it to the so-called scribbles called autographs on modern basketball cards. What a difference 125 years makes.

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Look at the beautiful script handwriting on this letter and compare it to the so-called scribbles called autographs on modern basketball cards. What a difference 125 years makes.

It sure does make a difference. Some of the pieces in the box are amazing. I can't post them here since they do not relate to Base Ball. I want to be sure I follow the rules of this board. I'm grateful to be able to share what's in the box.