Block:Surrey Youth Cites "base-ball" in Diary: March 31 1755
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| Data | Reference to a game of "base ball" in a young man's diary entry for Easter Monday, March 31st, 1755. "After dinner went to Miss Jeale's to play at Base Ball with her, the 3 Miss Whiteheads, Miss Billinghurst, Miss Molly Flutter, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Ford, H. Parsons & Jolly. Drank tea and played till 8." |
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| Sources | William Bray's Diary, 1754-1755, privately owned |
| Block Notes | William Bray was a well-known Surrey historian and antiquarian. He lived to the age of 96 and kept diaries his entire adult life. The baseball entry appeared in a volume covering his 18th and 19th years that had been separated from the rest of his papers. He was living near Guildford, Surrey, in 1755 when he wrote the entry that mentioned baseball. The original diary surfaced in 2007 and a high resolution copy was created by the Surrey History Centre. The original has since disappeared and its whereabouts remain unknown. |
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