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John Adams Recalls Youthful Bat and Ball Play
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| Text | Saying that his first fifteen years "went off like a fairy tale," John Adams [1735-1826] wrote fondly "of making and sailing boats . . swimming, skating, flying kites and shooting marbles, bat and ball, football, . . . wrestling and sometimes boxing."
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| Sources | David McCullough, John Adams [Touchstone Books, 2001], page 31. |
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| Submitted by | Priscilla Astifan |
| Submission Note | 11/17/2006 |
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1745c.1 John Adams Recalls Youthful Bat and Ball Play"
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