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New York Sunday Mercury and Porter's Spirit of the Times Term Base Ball the "National Pastime"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Newspaper CoverageNewspaper Coverage |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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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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| Submitted by | John Thorn, Craig Waff |
| Submission Note | emails of 8/13/2009 |
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1856.5 New York Sunday Mercury and Porter's Spirit of the Times Term Base Ball the "National Pastime""
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