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8pp. 5" x 7". Oct 4 99. Armstrong, Fla. An autograph letter signed "Marcel", with a very early mention of a baseball game. The sports content states: "...the Rail Road team came out on the train to play Ball and of course they won the game 7 to 5 in favor of the R.R. and I was truly glad they won but of course I could not say such out here as these folks would kill me... until the game started which was half pass [sic] two they ate dinner and the two boys and I sat together under the shed until time to go over to the Ball grounds so these the three of us walked... ". An early baseball letter (Inventory #: 481)