# The 1860s

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5 dated items, 0 rulebook editions and 0 championship result rows are in the record for the 1860s.

## Years with their own page

- [1867](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1867.md) (3 dated items)

## Dated items

### 1860

- **by 10 April 1860**: A New-York Daily Tribune advertisement for the New York Clipper lists 'Hand Ball in Philadelphia' (10 April 1860); the Clipper's report itself is not seen Source: [New-York Daily Tribune (New York), 10 April 1860, p. 1](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1860-04-10/ed-1/?sp=1), p. 1

### 1861

- **about 3 May 1861**: Hand ball match announced for the Bowery Racket Court, 333 Bowery, New York, admission 25 cents Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 2 May 1861, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1861-05-02/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12

### [1867](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1867.md)

- **22 April 1867**: New York Racket Club, Thirteenth Street: the Chicago Tribune says of the game of rackets that 'It is a modification of hand ball'; Gray v Foulkes rackets match Source: [Chicago Tribune (Chicago), 26 April 1867, p. 2](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014064/1867-04-26/ed-1/?sp=2), p. 2
- **5 October 1867**: Chicago Fenian paper letter urges young Irishmen to form ball clubs including hand ball and hurly Source: [The Irish Republic (Chicago), 5 October 1867, p. 13](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn94054745/1867-10-05/ed-1/?sp=13), p. 13
- **25 December 1867**: Announced Christmas Day hand ball game at Pendergast alley, South Street, Memphis (Ryan and Hackett v McGrin and McNamara) Source: [Public Ledger (Memphis), 23 December 1867, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033673/1867-12-23/ed-1/?sp=3), p. 3

## What the record does not hold

- The record holds nothing for the 1860s under rulebook editions: no edition dated to the decade is listed.
- The record holds nothing for the 1860s under championship results: no result row is dated to the decade.
- The record holds nothing for 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868 and 1869: no fact, edition or championship is dated to those years.

## Neighboring decades

- Next: [The 1870s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1870s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

## Corrections

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