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|Year=1856 | |Year=1856 | ||
|Year Number=5 | |Year Number=5 | ||
|Headline= | |Headline=New York Sunday Mercury and Porter's Spirit of the Times Term Base Ball the "National Pastime" | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Newspaper Coverage, | |||
|Location=Greater New York City, | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=NYC | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Text=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The New York Mercury</span> refers to base ball as "The National Pastime." Letter to the editor from "a baseball lover," December 5, 1856. Date contributed by John Thorn | |Text=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The New York Sunday Mercury</span> refers to base ball as "The National Pastime." Letter to the editor from "a baseball lover," December 5, 1856. Date contributed by John Thorn. Craig Waff adds that the letter was reprinted as a part of the long article, "Base Ball, Cricket, and Skating," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Porter's </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, Volume 1, number 16 (December 20, 1856), pp. 260 - 261. </p> | ||
|Query=<p>Is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball?</p> | |||
|Submitted by=John Thorn, Craig Waff | |Submitted by=John Thorn, Craig Waff | ||
|Submission Note=emails of 8/13/2009 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Text | The New York Sunday Mercury refers to base ball as "The National Pastime." Letter to the editor from "a baseball lover," December 5, 1856. Date contributed by John Thorn. Craig Waff adds that the letter was reprinted as a part of the long article, "Base Ball, Cricket, and Skating," Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 1, number 16 (December 20, 1856), pp. 260 - 261. |
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| Query | Is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn, Craig Waff |
| Submission Note | emails of 8/13/2009 |
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