1713.1

Boston Magistrate Finds Trap Ball Clogging a Gutter

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City/State/Country:	Boston, MA, United States
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Text	"The Rain-water grievously runs into my son Joseph's Chamer . . . . I went on the Roof, and found the Spout next Slater's stopped . . . . Boston went up . . . came down a Spit, and clear'd the Leaden-throat, by thrusting out a Trap-Ball that stuck there." Diarist Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)is known as a Salem Witch Judge. He later apologized.
Sources	Thomas, M. H., ed., The Diary of Samuel Sewell 1674 - 1729, Volume II, 1710 - 1729 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973), p. 718. Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 18.
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