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MMN# 23641
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This hand-drawn and hand-painted invitation from the "Murphy Balsam" baseball team of Portland challenges the Poland Spring team to a baseball game. The invitation notes that the Poland Spring team has lost its pitcher. The Poland Spring newspaper, the Hill-Top, reported that pitcher Ralph Plaisted and two teammates left the team on July 30, alluding to defection to another team and drunkenness.
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This Week
Essex Base Ball Club (MA) vs. Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club (ME)
 Games will be played at 11am and 1pm at the Parade Grounds at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. Between games, spectators will have the opportunity to interact with players and run the bases. View event details online here. Visit the Dirigo Baseball Team's site for the rules and customs of 1860s baseball.
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Next Week
 Wednesday, July 4, 12 noon
A Public Reading of the the Declaration of Independence Read by former State Representative Herb Adams
Join MHS to celebrate Independence Day with a public reading of the Declaration of Independence in front of the Longfellow House at 489 Congress Street. Don't miss this annual tradition!
MHS owns one of only 26 surviving copies of the rare 1776 Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration. View our copy on Maine Memory Network here.
Monday - Friday, July 9-13
Junior Docent Camp at the Longfellow-Wadsworth House, for students entering 4th - 6th grades.
Sign up today! Learn more online.
Ongoing Program
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