1795.5
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Playing At Ball in the Untamed West (Now Kentucky?)
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| City/State/Country: | United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | "Wrestling, jumping, running foot races, and playing at ball, are the common diversions." |
| Sources | W. Winterbotham, An Historical Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, Volume 3 (London, 1795), page 235. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 30-31. Volume 3 of this work is not accessible via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. |
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| Comment | Tom notes [ibid] that Winterbotham was writing about Federal territory south of the Ohio River. Note: KY, maybe? Edit with form to add a comment |
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1795.5 Playing At Ball in the Untamed West (Now Kentucky?)"
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