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|Year=1832
|Year Number=5
|Headline=Boston Spelling/Reading Book Describes Cricket and "Playing at Ball"
|Headline=Boston Spelling/Reading Book Describes Cricket and "Playing at Ball"
|Year=1832
|Salience=3
|Salience=2
|Tags=Chapbooks for Juveniles, Images,
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=42.3600825, -71.05888010000001
|State=MA
|City=Boston
|Game=Cricket
|Game=Cricket
|Text=<p><u>The Child's Own Book</u> [Boston, Munroe and Francis], four parts, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 194.  In part four, cricket play is treated in some detail, and a small woodcut of ball play has the caption, "This picture is intended to represent the Franklin school house in Boston. It is now recess time, and some lads are playing at ball on the green lawn before the portico of the brick building."</p>
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>In part four of this book, cricket play is treated in some detail, and a small woodcut of ball play has the caption, "This picture is intended to represent the Franklin school house in Boston. It is now recess time, and some lads are playing at ball on the green lawn before the portico of the brick building."</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Child's Own Book</span> (Boston, Munroe and Francis, 1832), cited by Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It,</span> page 195.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Boston Spelling/Reading Book Describes Cricket and "Playing at Ball"

Salience Peripheral
Tags Chapbooks for Juveniles, Images
City/State/Country: Boston, MA, United States
Game Cricket
Age of Players Youth
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In part four of this book, cricket play is treated in some detail, and a small woodcut of ball play has the caption, "This picture is intended to represent the Franklin school house in Boston. It is now recess time, and some lads are playing at ball on the green lawn before the portico of the brick building."

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The Child's Own Book (Boston, Munroe and Francis, 1832), cited by Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 195.

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