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|City=Dansville
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|Age of Players=Adult
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|Text=<p>"Reports from the Hill Health Center in Danville NY in 1858 and 1859 indicate that the 'ladies and gentlemen amuse themselves much by ball playing afternoons.'"</p>
|Text=<p><span>[A] (p. 51).</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>A letter the Rev. Abram Pryor [?], Editor,&nbsp;</span><span>Central Reformer</span><span>, McGrawville, NY wrote to his readers on&nbsp;</span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_286770916"><span class="aQJ">May 8th</span></span><span>&nbsp;from Glen Haven:&nbsp;<span>"The patients instead of being querulous and hypochondriacal, are as cheerful and good natured a company of men and women as one often meets.</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>You can exercise your taste in physical amusements.</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>They range from jumping the rope or a dance, to rowing a boat or walking five miles before breakfast.</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>If you do not like to play ball, you can pitch quoits or hunt partridges . . . or fish for salmon trout."</span></span></p>
|Sources=<p>Source needed.</p>
<p><span>[B]&nbsp;<span>The entry for Wednesday, March 30, 1859 says:</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>"Our ladies and gentlemen amuse themselves much by ball playing afternoons, and by playing, talking and singing, evenings."</span></span></p>
|Warning=<p>"Hill Health Center" may refer to the Castle on the Hill or Castle of Wellness. The term "center" to refer to a medical institution seems wrong for that time.</p>
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|Comment=<p>Dansville NY (2010 population about 4700)&nbsp;is about 40 miles S of Rochester in western NY.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>[A] The Letter Box,&nbsp;</span><span>Vol. 1, No. 6</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>(15 July 1858).</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>in: Austin, Harriet, N., Dr. and Jackson, James. C., Dr., eds.,&nbsp;</span><span>The Letter-Box</span><span>. Vols 1 and 2, 1858-9, (Dansville, NY: M. W. Simmons, 1859), 51.</span></p>
<p><span>[B]&nbsp;"Doings Current,"&nbsp;The Letter Box,&nbsp;Vol. 2, No. 5&nbsp;&nbsp;(May 1859).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in: Austin, Harriet, N., Dr. and Jackson, James. C., Dr., eds.,&nbsp;The Letter-Box. Vols 1 and 2, 1858-9, (Dansville, NY: M. W. Simmons, 1859), 37.</span></p>
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|Comment=<p>Dansville NY (2010 population about 4700)&nbsp;is about 40 miles S of Rochester in western NY. Per the Dansville Historical Society, the facility in question was a water cure (hydropathy) center called&nbsp;<span>Our Home on the Hillside.</span></p>
|Submitted by=Deb Shattuck
|Submitted by=Deb Shattuck
|Submission Note=receiived May 2013
|Submission Note=receiived May 2013

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[A] (p. 51).  A letter the Rev. Abram Pryor [?], Editor, Central Reformer, McGrawville, NY wrote to his readers on May 8th from Glen Haven: "The patients instead of being querulous and hypochondriacal, are as cheerful and good natured a company of men and women as one often meets.  You can exercise your taste in physical amusements.  They range from jumping the rope or a dance, to rowing a boat or walking five miles before breakfast.  If you do not like to play ball, you can pitch quoits or hunt partridges . . . or fish for salmon trout."

[B] The entry for Wednesday, March 30, 1859 says:  "Our ladies and gentlemen amuse themselves much by ball playing afternoons, and by playing, talking and singing, evenings."

 

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[A] The Letter Box, Vol. 1, No. 6  (15 July 1858).   in: Austin, Harriet, N., Dr. and Jackson, James. C., Dr., eds., The Letter-Box. Vols 1 and 2, 1858-9, (Dansville, NY: M. W. Simmons, 1859), 51.

[B] "Doings Current," The Letter Box, Vol. 2, No. 5  (May 1859).   in: Austin, Harriet, N., Dr. and Jackson, James. C., Dr., eds., The Letter-Box. Vols 1 and 2, 1858-9, (Dansville, NY: M. W. Simmons, 1859), 37.

 

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Dansville NY (2010 population about 4700) is about 40 miles S of Rochester in western NY. Per the Dansville Historical Society, the facility in question was a water cure (hydropathy) center called Our Home on the Hillside.

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