Thanks for your input everyone, I really LOVE this sight.
@Bruce (bgar)—Bruce you never disappoint! Excellent insights. And I think with your help we are slowly putting this puzzle together. I think you are correct in saying that he belonged to a BOSTON club because the newspaper clipping mentions the message from fellow members coming from Boston. There is even a Bowdoin Square in Boston to this day.
Also (and I don’t know why I didn’t notice this before) the first sentence says that he was 26 years old (past college age).
@Alan (aelefson)—Although I actually live in Massachusetts myself, I found this on eBay. Was surprised to find it. So no need to beat yourself up that you didn’t find it at an antique store!
@Steve (Steve D)—I definitely think you have found the right guy. The first sentence of this clipping mentions that he was 26. Nice clue. I just can’t figure out how a guy who lived in Gilford NH could be part of a Boston baseball club in 1860 (2 hrs from Boston by car).
In any case, the man in the photo looks to me to be around 26 yrs old. If I was a betting man, I’d bet the photo is of this player…but admittedly we may never know, unless I find a photo match to prove it, which seems unlikely.
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