Lot 335
Abner Doubleday, Civil War General, & For Decades Credited as Inventor of Baseball in Cooperstown, NY. (1819-1893) 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, a claim, by the way, that he never made in his life. Nevertheless, his name became permanently associated with the game and is why the city was chosen as the site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In spite of critics questioning the assertion after his death, he was a significant figure in history having been at Fort Sumpter as second in command when the first shots of the Civil War were fired, as well as commanding an important battle at Gettysburg. Offered is an autographed letter signed and dated by Doubleday in 1878 while living in NYC. Manuscript is in excellent condition written on 8 x 5" ruled Farmington paper. A very scarce find for Baseball and Civil War collectors alike. Estimate Value $500 - UP
Sports Collection, Museum of World Treasures, Kansas City.
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