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|Text=<p>"We shall interdict and forbid, during divine service on the [fasting] day aforesaid, all exercise and games of tennis, ball-playing, hunting, plowing and sowing, and moreover all unlawful practice such as dice, drunkenness . . ."  proclaimed Peter Stuyvesant.  Stuyvesant was Director-General of New Netherlands.</p>
|Text=<p>"We shall interdict and forbid, during divine service on the [fasting] day aforesaid, all exercise and games of tennis, ball-playing, hunting, plowing and sowing, and moreover all unlawful practice such as dice, drunkenness . . ."  proclaimed Peter Stuyvesant.  Stuyvesant was Director-General of New Netherlands.</p>
<p>Manchester, Herbert, <u>Four Centuries of Sport in America</u> (Publisher?, 1931).  Email from John Thorn, 1/24/097.  <b>Query:</b> Can we determine what area was affected by this proclamation?  How does this proclamation relate to #1656.1 above?</p>
<p>Manchester, Herbert, <u>Four Centuries of Sport in America</u> (Publisher?, 1931).  Email from John Thorn, 1/24/097.  <b>Query:</b> Can we determine what area was affected by this proclamation?  How does this proclamation relate to #1656.1 above?</p>

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"We shall interdict and forbid, during divine service on the [fasting] day aforesaid, all exercise and games of tennis, ball-playing, hunting, plowing and sowing, and moreover all unlawful practice such as dice, drunkenness . . ." proclaimed Peter Stuyvesant. Stuyvesant was Director-General of New Netherlands.

Manchester, Herbert, Four Centuries of Sport in America (Publisher?, 1931). Email from John Thorn, 1/24/097. Query: Can we determine what area was affected by this proclamation? How does this proclamation relate to #1656.1 above?

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