Joel Zoss, John Bowman (2004). Diamonds in the Rough: The Untold History of Baseball. U of Nebraska Press. p. 289. ISBN978-0-8032-9920-7.("Instead, most histories of the game are content to settle on the famous 'only accepted date of baseball's beginning' -- a game played on the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846")
Maxine N. Lurie, Marc Mappen (2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. p. 58.("Baseball as it is played today throughout the world began on June 18, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken.")
"Personals". The Weekly Underwriter, vol. 50. 1894. p. 286.
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"Mr. Davis Called Down"(PDF). The Sporting Life. March 31, 1894. p. 4.("Among the enrolled members of the Knickerbocker Club in 1854 - the closing of the 10th season were: Duncan F. Curry (who died in 1894).")
"Baseball's First Organized Game In 1846". Sarasota Journal (UPI story). June 18, 1964.("In 1846, the first baseball game between organized teams took place in Hoboken, N.J.")
