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|Year=1778 | |||
|Year Number=6 | |||
|Headline=NH Loyalist Plays Ball in NY; Mentions "Wickett" | |Headline=NH Loyalist Plays Ball in NY; Mentions "Wickett" | ||
| | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Tags=Military, Pre-Knicks NYC, | ||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=40.7127753, -74.0059728 | |||
|State=NY | |||
|Game=Wicket | |Game=Wicket | ||
| | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Text=<p>The journal of Enos Stevens, a NH man serving in British forces, mentions playing ball seven times from 1778 to 1781. | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>The journal of Enos Stevens, a NH man serving in British forces, mentions playing ball seven times from 1778 to 1781. Only one specifies the game played in terms we know: "in the after noon played Wickett" in March of 1781. </p> | |||
|Sources=<p>C. K. Boulton, ed., "A Fragment of the Diary of Lieutenant Enos Stevens, Tory, 1777-1778," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New England Quarterly</span> v. 11, number 2 (June 1938), pages 384-385, per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span> reference #33; see p. 337. Tom notes that the original journal is at the Vermont Historical Society in Montpelier VT.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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NH Loyalist Plays Ball in NY; Mentions "Wickett"
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| Tags | Military, Pre-Knicks NYCMilitary, Pre-Knicks NYC |
| Location | New EnglandNew England |
| City/State/Country: | NY, United States |
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| Game | WicketWicket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | The journal of Enos Stevens, a NH man serving in British forces, mentions playing ball seven times from 1778 to 1781. Only one specifies the game played in terms we know: "in the after noon played Wickett" in March of 1781. |
| Sources | C. K. Boulton, ed., "A Fragment of the Diary of Lieutenant Enos Stevens, Tory, 1777-1778," New England Quarterly v. 11, number 2 (June 1938), pages 384-385, per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, reference #33; see p. 337. Tom notes that the original journal is at the Vermont Historical Society in Montpelier VT. |
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