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"Town Ball" Noted by Traveler from Philadelphia to Cape Island NJ

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Text	"Having recently returned from a visit to Cape Island [now Cape May - LMc], I cannot forbear expressing the pleasure it has afforded me . . . [an account of several features follows]. For those who are fond of athletic exercise, some provision has been made; and to see a game of "town ball" played, awakens a desire to participate in the enjoyment . . . ." "Cape Island," North American and Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia PA, Sunday, July 25, 1840, Issue 416, column D. Provided by John Thorn, email, 10/14/207. Note: Is it safe to infer that Cape Island is on the NJ shore, near Cape May? [N.B.: serial #1840.16 was formerly assigned to stories of Abe Lincoln's ballplaying as a young man; see #1830s.16 for that item.]
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 |Text=<p>"Having recently returned from a visit to Cape Island [now Cape May - LMc], I cannot forbear expressing the pleasure it has afforded me . . . [an account of several features follows].  For those who are fond of athletic exercise, some provision has been made; and to see a game of "town ball" played, awakens a desire to participate in the enjoyment . . . ."</p>
 <p>"Cape Island," <i>North American and Daily Advertiser,</i> Philadelphia PA, Sunday, July 25, 1840, Issue 416, column D.  Provided by John Thorn, email, 10/14/207.  <b>Note:</b> Is it safe to infer that Cape Island is on the NJ shore, near Cape May?  [N.B.: serial #1840.16 was formerly assigned to stories of Abe Lincoln's ballplaying as a young man; see #1830s.16 for that item.]</p>
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