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|Description=<p>Tom Altherr has found a reference to buff-ball in Baltimore in 1773.</p> | |Description=<p>Tom Altherr has found a reference to buff-ball in Baltimore in 1773.</p> | ||
<p>A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: "In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball." Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff."</p> | <p>A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: "In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball." Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff."</p> | ||
<p>Bruce Allardice has reviewed contemporary literature and found that the term "buff-ball" seems to refer not to a game, but rather to a cleaning brush or agent. Cf. The Middlebury (VT) Mercury, Sep. 13, 1809; Hartford Courant, Nov. 20, 1797.</p> | <p>Bruce Allardice has reviewed contemporary literature and found that the term "buff-ball" seems to refer not to a game, but rather to a cleaning brush or agent. Cf. The Middlebury (VT) Mercury, Sep. 13, 1809; Hartford Courant, Nov. 20, 1797. The Fithian Journal is big on recording his shopping trips.</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>Philip Vickers Fithian, <em>Philip Vickers Fithian Journal and Letters 1767-1774</em>, John Rogers Williams, ed. (Freeport NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1969 [1900]), page 49. Reported in "Tom Altherr's Notebook," <em>Originals</em> volume 5, number 6 (June 2012), pages 1-2.</p> | |Sources=<p>Philip Vickers Fithian, <em>Philip Vickers Fithian Journal and Letters 1767-1774</em>, John Rogers Williams, ed. (Freeport NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1969 [1900]), page 49. Reported in "Tom Altherr's Notebook," <em>Originals</em> volume 5, number 6 (June 2012), pages 1-2.</p> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:34, 10 September 2021
| Game | Buff-Ball |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
| Location | Maryland |
| Regions | |
| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Tom Altherr has found a reference to buff-ball in Baltimore in 1773. A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: "In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball." Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff." Bruce Allardice has reviewed contemporary literature and found that the term "buff-ball" seems to refer not to a game, but rather to a cleaning brush or agent. Cf. The Middlebury (VT) Mercury, Sep. 13, 1809; Hartford Courant, Nov. 20, 1797. The Fithian Journal is big on recording his shopping trips.
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| Sources | Philip Vickers Fithian, Philip Vickers Fithian Journal and Letters 1767-1774, John Rogers Williams, ed. (Freeport NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1969 [1900]), page 49. Reported in "Tom Altherr's Notebook," Originals volume 5, number 6 (June 2012), pages 1-2. |
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