In Concord in 1836
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Date of Game | 1836 |
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Game | base, old cat |
Location | Concord, MA, United States |
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Description | [Continuing a list of games that boys played:] " . . . various games of ball. These games of ball were much less scientific and difficult than the modern games. Chief were four old-cat, three old-cat, two old-cat, and base."
Hoar, George F., Autobiography of Seventy Years Volume 1 (Chaarles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1905), page 52. Hoar was ten years old in 1836. Per Seymour, Harold – Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. |
Sources | Chronologies 1836c.4 |
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Comment | See also Hoar, "A Boy Sixty years ago" Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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