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Ball Played at Albany During War

Salience	Noteworthy
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City/State/Country:	Albany, NY, United States
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Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"We passed muster [late in the war] and layed about in Albany about six weeks . . . . The officers would bee a playing at Ball on the comon, their would be an other class piching quaits, an other set a wrestling." -- Joel Shepard, a farmer in Montague MA.
Sources	Spear, John A., ed., "Joel Shepard Goes to War," New England Quarterly, volume 1, number 3 [July 1928], p. 344. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, ref # 38; see page 239.
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 <p>-- Joel Shepard, a farmer in Montague MA.</p>
 |Sources=<p>Spear, John A., ed., "Joel Shepard Goes to War,"&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">New England Quarterly</span>, volume 1, number 3 [July 1928], p. 344. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block,&nbsp;<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew It</span>,</span>&nbsp;ref # 38; see page 239.</p>