1861c.3

Town Ball in Maryland: Mr. Lincoln Faces Friendly Fire

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	FamousFamous
Location	US SouthUS South
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Text	"We boys, for hours at a time, played "town ball" [at my grandfather's estate] on the vast lawn, and Mr. [Abe] Lincoln would join ardently in the sport. I remember vividly how he ran with the children; how long were his strides, and how far his coat-tails stuck out behind, and how we tried to hit him with the ball, as he ran the bases." Recollection [c.1890?] of Frank P. Blair III, as carried in Ida M. Tarbell, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (Lincoln Memorial Association, New York, 1900), page 88. Blair, whose grandfather was Lincoln's Postmaster General, lived in MD just outside Washington. Note: We need to establish a date for this reported event. Blair [ibid.] says Lincoln's visits happened "during the war," occurred "frequently," and took place when he was seven or eight years old. We know his older brother James was born in 1854, but not when he showed up on earth.
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