1844.18

Springtime Ballplaying on the Common -- by Girls

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	FemalesFemales
Location	Boston CommonBoston Common
City/State/Country:	Boston, MA, United States
Modern Address
Game	Round BallRound Ball
Immediacy of Report
Age of Players	YouthYouth
Holiday
Notables
Text	"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebians -- play round ball on the Common. It is a free exercise."
Sources	Boston Post, April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.
Warning
Comment	By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class." Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Did "It is a free exercise" mean roughly what it means today? Edit with form to add a query
Source Image	[[Image:\|left\|thumb]]
External Number
Submitted by	David Block
Submission Note	Email of 3/28/2020
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