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Williams College Student Notes Ballplaying in Winter Months
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | College, HolidaysCollege, Holidays |
Location | New EnglandNew England |
City/State/Country: | Williamstown, MA, United States |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Text | A Williams College student's diary begun in 1976 (when he was 19) and continued for several years, includes a half dozen references to playing ball, but they do not describe the nature of the game. His first such entry, from April 22, 1796, is "I exercise considerable, playing ball." |
Sources | Tarbox, Increase N., Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D. 1796 - 1854 [Beacon Press, Boston, 1886], volume 1, pp. 8, 29, 32, 106, and 128. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 54. The college is in Williamstown MA. |
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1796.2 Williams College Student Notes Ballplaying in Winter Months"
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