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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1777 | |||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=Mass. Sailor Plays Ball in English Prison | |Headline=Mass. Sailor Plays Ball in English Prison | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Text=<p>Held as a POW in Plymouth, England, Newburyport sailor Charles Herbert wrote on April 2, 1777: "Warm, and something pleasant, and the yard begins to dry again, so that we can return to our former sports; these are ball and quoits . . . "</p> | |Tags=Military, | ||
<p> | |Country=England | ||
|Coordinates=50.3754565, -4.1426565 | |||
|City=Plymouth | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>Held as a POW in Plymouth, England, Newburyport MA sailor Charles Herbert wrote on April 2, 1777: "Warm, and something pleasant, and the yard begins to dry again, so that we can return to our former sports; these are ball and quoits . . . "</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Relic of the Revolution,</span> Containing a Full and Particular Account of the Sufferings and Privations of All the American Prisoners Captured on the High Seas, and Carried to Plymouth, England, During the Revolution of 1776</span> [Charles S. Pierce, Boston, 1847], p. 109. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span> [ref # 35]; see p. 237</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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| Text | Held as a POW in Plymouth, England, Newburyport MA sailor Charles Herbert wrote on April 2, 1777: "Warm, and something pleasant, and the yard begins to dry again, so that we can return to our former sports; these are ball and quoits . . . "
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| Sources | A Relic of the Revolution, Containing a Full and Particular Account of the Sufferings and Privations of All the American Prisoners Captured on the High Seas, and Carried to Plymouth, England, During the Revolution of 1776 [Charles S. Pierce, Boston, 1847], p. 109. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It [ref # 35]; see p. 237 |
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