1820.32

Baseball in Brooklyn 1820

Salience	Peripheral
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Location
City/State/Country:	Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Retrospective
Age of Players	JuvenileJuvenile
Holiday
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Text	" I went to school in 1820-1, to one Samuel Seabury, on Hicks street, near Poplar, and afterward in a private house at the corner of James and Front streets; then to one Lummiss, who taught in the Titus House, in Fulton street, between York and Front. I also attended Mr. Hunt's school, over George Smith's wheelwright shop in Fulton street, opposite High. Foot racing and base ball used to be favorite games in those days, and we used to go skating on Fricke's Mill Pond, at about Butler street and Third avenue."
Sources	from an article "School Days Recalled: By Graduates of the Old Brooklyn Districts" on October 2, 1887. 19cbb post by David Dyte, Apr. 24, 2010
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes,
Submission Note	2/19/2015
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