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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=<u>Atlantic Monthly</u> Piece Lauds Base-ball
|Year=1858
|Year=1858
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Year Number=17
|Headline=Atlantic Monthly Piece by Higginson Lauds Base-ball
|Salience=2
|Tags=Newspaper Coverage,
|Location=New England
|Location=New England
|Text=<p>"The Pastor of the Worcester Free Church, the Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, wrote an influential argument for sports and exercise which appeared in the March 1858 issue of a new magazine called <u>The Atlantic Monthly.</u></p>
|Country=United States
<p>Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "Saints, and Their Bodies," <u>The Atlantic Monthly</u> Volume 1, number 5 (March 1858), pp. 582-595. It is online at <a href="http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=ABK2934-0001-122">http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=ABK2934-0001-122</a>. Source supplied by Craig Waff, email of 9/25/2008.</p>
|State=MA
<p>Some commentary: His [Higginson's] comments on our national game are of great interest, for he welcomed the growth of 'our indigenous American game of base-ball,' and followed [author James Fenimore] Cooper's lead by connecting the game with our national character." A. Fletcher and J. Shimer, <u>Worcester: A City on the Rise</u> (Worcester Publishing, Worcester, 2005), page 11.   <b>Note:</b> what did Cooper say about the link between base ball and national character?</p>
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Text=<p>"The Pastor of the Worcester Free Church, the Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, wrote an influential argument for sports and exercise which appeared in the March 1858 issue of a new magazine called <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Atlantic Monthly.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "Saints, and Their Bodies,"&nbsp;<span>The Atlantic Monthly</span>&nbsp;Volume 1, number 5 (March 1858), pp. 582-595. It is online at&nbsp;<a href="http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=ABK2934-0001-122">http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=ABK2934-0001-122</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>See also item#[[1830s.22]].</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>Some commentary: His [Higginson's] comments on our national game are of great interest, for he welcomed the growth of 'our indigenous American game of base-ball,' and followed [author James Fenimore] Cooper's lead by connecting the game with our national character." A. Fletcher and J. Shimer,&nbsp;<span>Worcester: A City on the Rise</span>&nbsp;(Worcester Publishing, Worcester, 2005), page 11.&nbsp;</p>
|Query=<p>what did Cooper say about the link between base ball and national character?</p>
|Submitted by=Craig Waff.
|Submission Note=email of 9/25/2008
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=42.4072107, -71.3824374
}}
}}

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Salience Noteworthy
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Location New England
City/State/Country: MA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

"The Pastor of the Worcester Free Church, the Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, wrote an influential argument for sports and exercise which appeared in the March 1858 issue of a new magazine called The Atlantic Monthly.

 

 

Sources

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "Saints, and Their Bodies," The Atlantic Monthly Volume 1, number 5 (March 1858), pp. 582-595. It is online at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=ABK2934-0001-122

See also item#1830s.22.

 

Comment

Some commentary: His [Higginson's] comments on our national game are of great interest, for he welcomed the growth of 'our indigenous American game of base-ball,' and followed [author James Fenimore] Cooper's lead by connecting the game with our national character." A. Fletcher and J. Shimer, Worcester: A City on the Rise (Worcester Publishing, Worcester, 2005), page 11. 

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what did Cooper say about the link between base ball and national character?

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Submitted by Craig Waff.
Submission Note email of 9/25/2008



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