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French Official Sees George Washington Playing Catch "For Hours"
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Text | "To-day he [George Washington] sometimes throws and catches the ball for whole hours with his aides-de-camp." (French Marquis, 1779.) |
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, 2000; reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 32. |
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1779.4 French Official Sees George Washington Playing Catch "For Hours""
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