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Hawaii Baseball Assoc. Stock Issued to AJ Cartwright, Inventor of Baseball (101543)

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Hawaii Baseball Assoc. Stock Issued to AJ Cartwright, Inventor of Baseball  (101543)
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Wow! This is a fantastic piece for the baseball or Hawaii collector. Inc. May 29th, 1890 in accordance with the Laws of the Kingdom. No. 97, issued for five shares to A.J. Cartwright on June 12, 1890 in Honolulu, H.T. Signed by president W.F. Allen and secretary J. Fisher. Signed by Cartwright on the reverse. Not cancelled. Black print on brown paper. Folds, pinholes. 4.75 x 8.75" Alexander J. Cartwright is considered to be the "father of baseball" having been the first to diagram a baseball diamond and creating rules that were incorporated from his Knickerbocker firefighter "town ball" club in New York during the 1840s. Cartwright moved to the Hawaiian Islands after heading to California during the Gold Rush. He served as Honolulu fire chief from 1850-1863 and encouraged the monarchy to bring the game of baseball to Hawaii. Some secondary sources claim Cartwright set up a baseball field on the island of Oahu at Makiki Field in 1852, but Nucciarone states that before 1866, the modern game of baseball was not known or even played in Honolulu. Cartwright died in 1892. Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1890
City/County: Honolulu
State: Hawaii