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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1844
|Year=1844
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=18
|Year Number=18
|Headline=Springtime Ballplaying on the Common -- by Girls
|Headline=Springtime Ballplaying on the Common -- by Girls
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Females,  
|Tags=Females,  
|Location=Boston Common
|Location=
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=42.3600825, -71.0588801
|Coordinates=42.3600825, -71.0588801
|State=MA
|State=MA
|City=Boston
|City=Boston
|Modern Address=
|Game=Round Ball
|Game=Round Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Youth
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p>"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebians -- play round ball on the Common.&nbsp; It is a free exercise."</p>
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebeians -- play round ball on the Common.&nbsp; It is a free exercise."</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Boston Post,&nbsp;</em>April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Boston Post,&nbsp;</em>April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.</p>
|Warning=
|Comment=<p>By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class."</p>
|Comment=<p>By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class."</p>
|Query=<p>Did "It is a free exercise" mean roughly what it means today?&nbsp;</p>
|Query=<p>Did "It is a free exercise" mean roughly what it means today?&nbsp;</p>
|Source Image=
|External Number=
|Submitted by=David Block
|Submitted by=David Block
|Submission Note=Email of 3/28/2020
|Submission Note=Email of 3/28/2020

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Springtime Ballplaying on the Common -- by Girls

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Tags Females
City/State/Country: Boston, MA, United States
Game Round Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Youth
Text

"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebeians -- play round ball on the Common.  It is a free exercise."

Sources

Boston Post, April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.

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By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class."

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Did "It is a free exercise" mean roughly what it means today? 

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Submitted by David Block
Submission Note Email of 3/28/2020



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