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|Location=Boston
|Location=Boston
|Game Regions=US
|Game Regions=US
|Game Eras=Post-1900,Predecessor
|Game Eras=Post-1900, Predecessor
|Invented Game=No
|Invented Game=No
|Description=<p>A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including&nbsp; base ball, &nbsp;includes the unexplained game of "Rickets."</p>
|Description=<p>A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including&nbsp; base ball, &nbsp;includes the unexplained game of "Rickets."</p>
|Sources=<p>Letter to the Editor, Boston Evening Transcript, December 21, 1859.&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Letter to the Editor, Boston Evening Transcript, December 21, 1859.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Contributed by Joanne Hulbert, 9/17/12.</p>
<p>Contributed by Joanne Hulbert, 9/17/12.</p>
|Comment=<p>The letter speaks of growing up as a boy in Boston 60 years ago. He recalls playing "foot ball" "base ball" "rickets" and "prison bars." [ba]</p>
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Location Boston
Regions US
Eras Post-1900, Predecessor
Invented No
Description

A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including  base ball,  includes the unexplained game of "Rickets."

Sources

Letter to the Editor, Boston Evening Transcript, December 21, 1859. 

Contributed by Joanne Hulbert, 9/17/12.

Comment

The letter speaks of growing up as a boy in Boston 60 years ago. He recalls playing "foot ball" "base ball" "rickets" and "prison bars." [ba]

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