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|Text=<p><u>The New York Mercury</u> refers to base ball as "The National Pastime." Letter to the editor from "a baseball lover," December 5, 1856. Date contributed by John Thorn, email of 8/13/09. Craig Waff, email of 8/13/09, adds that the letter was reprinted as a part of the long article, "Base Ball, Cricket, and Skating," <u>Spirit of the Times</u>, Volume 1, number 16 (December 20, 1856), pp. 260 - 261. <b>Query:</b> is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball?</p> | |Text=<p><u>The New York Mercury</u> refers to base ball as "The National Pastime." Letter to the editor from "a baseball lover," December 5, 1856. Date contributed by John Thorn, email of 8/13/09. Craig Waff, email of 8/13/09, adds that the letter was reprinted as a part of the long article, "Base Ball, Cricket, and Skating," <u>Spirit of the Times</u>, Volume 1, number 16 (December 20, 1856), pp. 260 - 261. <b>Query:</b> is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball?</p> | ||
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| Text | The New York 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, email of 8/13/09. Craig Waff, email of 8/13/09, adds that the letter was reprinted as a part of the long article, "Base Ball, Cricket, and Skating," Spirit of the Times, Volume 1, number 16 (December 20, 1856), pp. 260 - 261. Query: is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball? |
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