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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1782 | |||
|Year Suffix=c | |||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=Ball Played at Albany During War | |Headline=Ball Played at Albany During War | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Text=<p>Spear, John A., ed., "Joel Shepard Goes to War," < | |Tags=Military, | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=42.6525793, -73.7562317 | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=Albany | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>"We passed muster [late in the war] and layed about in Albany about six weeks . . . . The officers would bee a playing at Ball on the comon, their would be an other class piching quaits, an other set a wrestling." </p> | |||
<p>-- Joel Shepard, a farmer in Montague MA.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>Spear, John A., ed., "Joel Shepard Goes to War," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New England Quarterly</span>, volume 1, number 3 [July 1928], p. 344. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span> ref # 38; see page 239.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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Text | "We passed muster [late in the war] and layed about in Albany about six weeks . . . . The officers would bee a playing at Ball on the comon, their would be an other class piching quaits, an other set a wrestling." -- Joel Shepard, a farmer in Montague MA. |
Sources | Spear, John A., ed., "Joel Shepard Goes to War," New England Quarterly, volume 1, number 3 [July 1928], p. 344. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, ref # 38; see page 239. |
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