Group or institution

Town of Pittsfield

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1791

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Town of Pittsfield, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Pittsfield Baseball Ordinance

    1791

    Role: Enacting municipality

    1. 1791 · Pittsfield, Massachusetts townPittsfield town bylaw prohibiting baseball near the meeting house

      In 1791, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, passed a town bylaw barring baseball near its new meeting house, the first known American reference to the game.

Sources

  1. History of baseball Wikipedia