1659.1

Stuyvesant: No Tennis, Ball-Playing, Dice on Fast Day

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Tags	Holidays, Bans, Famous, Pre-Knicks NYCHolidays, Bans, Famous, Pre-Knicks NYC
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Text	"We shall interdict and forbid, during divine service on the [fasting] day aforesaid, all exercise and games of tennis, ball-playing, hunting, plowing and sowing, and moreover all unlawful practice such as dice, drunkenness . . ." proclaimed Peter Stuyvesant. Stuyvesant was Director-General of New Netherlands. Manchester, Herbert, Four Centuries of Sport in America (Publisher?, 1931). Email from John Thorn, 1/24/097. Query: Can we determine what area was affected by this proclamation? How does this proclamation relate to #1656.1 above?
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