Source: American Studies, University of Virginia

John Montgomery Ward

Source: Baseball Hall of Fame

Is the Baseball Player a Chattel?
by John Montgomery Ward
(August, 1887, Lippincott Magazine)

Brotherhood Manifesto (1889)

"A New Brotherhood Man," New York Times, November 25, 1889
Source: ProQuest

National League Owners, 1880s.
Source: American Studies at the University of Virginia

1890 Players League Scorecard.
Source: Lelands.com

Player's League: Statistics

"End of the Baseball War," New York Times, November 13, 1890
Source: ProQuest