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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1856
|Year Number=5
|Headline=<i>New York</i><i>Mercury,</i><i>NY <u>Clipper</u></i> Term Base Ball the "National Pastime"
|Headline=<i>New York</i><i>Mercury,</i><i>NY <u>Clipper</u></i> Term Base Ball the "National Pastime"
|Year=1856
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|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>
|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, 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," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Porter's&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, Volume 1, number 16 (December 20, 1856), pp. 260 - 261. <strong>Query:</strong> 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
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=5
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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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," Porter's 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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