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<p>"<i>Ball-</i>playing seems to have been extensively practiced in 1820. At the town meeting that year, it was voted 'that the game of ball, and the pitching of quoits within [a specified area] be prohibited."</p> | <p>"<i>Ball-</i>playing seems to have been extensively practiced in 1820. At the town meeting that year, it was voted 'that the game of ball, and the pitching of quoits within [a specified area] be prohibited."</p> | ||
<p>Joseph Williamson, <u>History of the City of Belfast</u> (Loring Short and Harmon, Portland, 1877), page 764. Accessed 2/2/10 via Google Books search ("hopkins's corner" ball).</p> | <p>Joseph Williamson, <u>History of the City of Belfast</u> (Loring Short and Harmon, Portland, 1877), page 764. Accessed 2/2/10 via Google Books search ("hopkins's corner" ball).</p> | ||
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Belfast ME Had Ballplaying as Early as 1805
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Text | "High Street, at Hopkins's Corner, was the favorite battle-ground for ball-players, as early as 1805." "Ball-playing seems to have been extensively practiced in 1820. At the town meeting that year, it was voted 'that the game of ball, and the pitching of quoits within [a specified area] be prohibited." Joseph Williamson, History of the City of Belfast (Loring Short and Harmon, Portland, 1877), page 764. Accessed 2/2/10 via Google Books search ("hopkins's corner" ball). |
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1805. Belfast ME Had Ballplaying as Early as 1805"
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