1835c.17
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CT Lad Plays Base Ball Much of the Morning
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Contemp. "Base Ball" usageContemp. "Base Ball" usage |
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| City/State/Country: | Thomaston, CT, US |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | After buying a book that would hold his diary entries for the next year and beyond, 11 year old James Terry wrote in his first entry, dated April 4, 1835, "Then played base ball til noon, then went to get wintergreen . . . ." Two days later he wrote "got my dinner; then went to watch the boys play ball; then went to the store." On June 1, 1836, he wrote that some local boys "went and played ball and I stood and looked on. I then went up to my chamber and stayed there a while."
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| Sources | Unpublished journal of James Terry, written near what is now Thomaston CT. |
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| Comment | Thomaston, CT is about 10 miles N of Waterbury CT and about 20 miles SW of Hartford. James Terry, son of a prominent clock manufacturer, later founded what became the well-known Eagle Lock Company. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Terry's initial diary entry April 4 entry begins "This morning I painted my stick: then thought I would begin to write a journal" just before recording his ballplaying. He adds that he later "went and see-sawed. and then I painted my stick again, then ate supper." Is it possible that the stick was his base ball bat? Were painted bats common then? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Edward Cohen |
| Submission Note | Email of October 12, 2013. |
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1835c.17 CT Lad Plays Base Ball Much of the Morning"
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