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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1832
|Year=1832
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=10
|Year Number=10
|Headline=Doc Adams' Sister Writes of Bat and Ball Play
|Headline=Doc Adams' Sister Writes of Bat and Ball Play
|Salience=3
|Salience=3
|Tags=Females, Pre-modern Rules,  
|Tags=Females, Pre-modern Rules,  
|Location=
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=42.8945294, -71.6742393
|Coordinates=42.8945294, -71.6742393
|State=NH
|State=NH
|City=Mount Vernon
|City=Mount Vernon
|Modern Address=
|Game=Bat and Ball
|Game=Bat and Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Youth
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>In a June 1832 letter to her 17-year-old brother at Amherst, the 10-year-old Nancy Ann Adams wrote, "I felt very lonesome after you and the rest were gone.&nbsp; I have not played with your bat and ball as you bid me."</p>
|Text=<p>In a June 1832 letter to her 17-year-old brother at Amherst, the 10-year-old Nancy Ann Adams wrote, "I felt very lonesome after you and the rest were gone.&nbsp; I have not played with your bat and ball as you bid me."</p>
<p>Her brother is Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, who was to become a key member of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club about eight years later.</p>
<p>Her brother is Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, who was to become a key member of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club about eight years later.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Letter, Nancy A. Adams to D. L. Adams, 7/15/1832, from Mount Vernon NH.</p>
|Sources=<p>Letter, Nancy A. Adams to D. L. Adams, 7/15/1832, from Mount Vernon NH.</p>
|Warning=
|Comment=<p>John Thorn notes: "The game that the future Doc Adams played with these objects is not known."&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>John Thorn notes: "The game that the future Doc Adams played with these objects is not known."&nbsp;</p>
<p>"A game called "bat and ball" is known to have been played in NH, and her wording echoes that name.</p>
<p>"A game called "bat and ball" is known to have been played in NH, and her wording echoes that name.</p>
<p>"Even a hint that a girl would be tempted to take up a bat and ball is notable in US ballplaying history."</p>
<p>"Even a hint that a girl would be tempted to take up a bat and ball is notable in US ballplaying history."</p>
|Query=
|Source Image=
|External Number=
|Submitted by=John Thorn
|Submitted by=John Thorn
|Submission Note=Email of 10/19/2014.
|Submission Note=Email of 10/19/2014.

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Doc Adams' Sister Writes of Bat and Ball Play

Salience Peripheral
Tags Females, Pre-modern Rules
City/State/Country: Mount Vernon, NH, United States
Game Bat and Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Juvenile
Text

In a June 1832 letter to her 17-year-old brother at Amherst, the 10-year-old Nancy Ann Adams wrote, "I felt very lonesome after you and the rest were gone.  I have not played with your bat and ball as you bid me."

Her brother is Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, who was to become a key member of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club about eight years later.

 

Sources

Letter, Nancy A. Adams to D. L. Adams, 7/15/1832, from Mount Vernon NH.

Comment

John Thorn notes: "The game that the future Doc Adams played with these objects is not known." 

"A game called "bat and ball" is known to have been played in NH, and her wording echoes that name.

"Even a hint that a girl would be tempted to take up a bat and ball is notable in US ballplaying history."

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Submitted by John Thorn
Submission Note Email of 10/19/2014.



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