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|Headline=Pirated Version of <u>Little Pretty Book</u> Uses Term "Base-ball."
|Headline=Pirated Version of <u>Little Pretty Book</u> Uses Term "Base-ball."
|Year=1762
|Year=1762
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Salience=2
|Text=<p><b>Note:</b>  This version, published in 1762 by Hugh Gaine, was advertised in <u>The New York Mercury</u> on August 30, 1762, but no copy has been found.  Per RH, p. 135.  Henderson says that this is the first use of "base-ball" in an American source.  In his note #107, RH gives 1760 as the year of publication.</p>
|Text=<p><b>Note:</b>  This version, published in 1762 by Hugh Gaine, was advertised in <u>The New York Mercury</u> on August 30, 1762, but no copy has been found.  Per RH, p. 135.  Henderson says that this is the first use of "base-ball" in an American source.  In his note #107, RH gives 1760 as the year of publication.</p>
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Note: This version, published in 1762 by Hugh Gaine, was advertised in The New York Mercury on August 30, 1762, but no copy has been found. Per RH, p. 135. Henderson says that this is the first use of "base-ball" in an American source. In his note #107, RH gives 1760 as the year of publication.

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