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Posted By: Shawn

I went ahead and picked up this home-made autograph album that came from the same school (South Berkshire Institute) that the diagram came from. The album belonged to Carrington Phelps and appears to be from 1863. All four signatures that are on the Base Ball Rules and Regulations are also in the album. The signature of W. L. Camp is quite elaborate and makes me wonder is he is the one who drew up the rules and diagram. I thought this may add to the validity of the whole thing? There are 46 signatures in the booklet! Needless to say, I have quite a bit of research to do now...
Here is a list of some of the male names.

W. L. Camp - Winsted, CT.
Robert G. Fitch - Sheffield, Mass
Charles J Townsend - Monterey, Mass
Reginald Canning - Stockbridge, Mass
George N. Hayward - CT.
David Ives Bushnell - Sheffield, Mass
A. B. Church - Wassaic, NY.
William Taft - Sheffield, Mass
John R Huggins - Sheffield, Mass
Charles Stoddard - CT.
Henry T Powell - New Marlboro, Mass
Mason B. Smith - Mill River, Mass
George C. Walter - Southfield, Mass
Frank Warner - Mill River, Mass
H. W. Rising - New Marlboro, Mass
John P. Cook - Winsted, CT
Edward G. Day - Barrington, Mass
William H Clark - Sheffield, Mass
W. H. Chapin - Barrington, Mass
John B. Walker - New Marlboro, Mass

Maybe I will get lucky and find a famous autograph in this thing! Here are some scans.