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|Headline=French Official Sees George Washington Playing Catch "For Hours"
|Headline=French Official Sees George Washington Playing Catch "For Hours"
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Tags=Famous,  
|Tags=Famous, Military,
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=40.7127753, -74.0059728
|State=NY
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"To-day he [George Washington] sometimes throws and catches the ball for whole hours with his aides-de-camp."</p>
|Text=<p>"To-day he [George Washington] sometimes throws and catches the ball for whole hours with his aides-de-camp."</p>
<p>(French Marquis, 1779.)</p>
<p>-- from a letter by Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois, September 1779.&nbsp; Observed at a camp at Fishkill NY.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Chase, E. P., ed.,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Our Revolutionary Forefathers: The Letters of Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois during his Residence in the United States as Secretary of the French Legation 1779 - 1785</span>&nbsp;(Duffield and Company, NY, 1929), p. 114. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nine,</span>&nbsp;2000; reprinted in David Block,&nbsp;<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It</span>,</span>&nbsp;ref # 32.</p>
|Sources=<p>Chase, E. P., ed.,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Our Revolutionary Forefathers: The Letters of Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois during his Residence in the United States as Secretary of the French Legation 1779 - 1785</span>&nbsp;(Duffield and Company, NY, 1929), p. 114. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nine,</span>&nbsp;v. 8, no. 2, (2000); reprinted in David Block,&nbsp;<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It;</span> see</span>&nbsp;pp. 236-237.</p>
|Comment=<p>Note: An online source has Washington at Fishkill in late September 1778.</p>
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|Reviewed=Yes
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French Official Sees George Washington Playing Catch "For Hours"

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Famous, Military
City/State/Country: NY, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"To-day he [George Washington] sometimes throws and catches the ball for whole hours with his aides-de-camp."

-- from a letter by Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois, September 1779.  Observed at a camp at Fishkill NY.  

Sources

Chase, E. P., ed., Our Revolutionary Forefathers: The Letters of Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois during his Residence in the United States as Secretary of the French Legation 1779 - 1785 (Duffield and Company, NY, 1929), p. 114. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," Nine, v. 8, no. 2, (2000); reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It; see pp. 236-237.

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Note: An online source has Washington at Fishkill in late September 1778.

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