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Williams College Student Notes Ballplaying in Winter Months
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | College, HolidaysCollege, Holidays |
Location | New EnglandNew England |
City/State/Country: | Williamstown, MA, United States |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | A Williams College student's diary begun in 1796 (when he was 19) and continued for several years, includes a half dozen references to playing ball, but they do not describe the nature of the game. His first such entry, from April 22, 1796, is "I exercise considerable, playing ball." |
Sources | Tarbox, Increase N., Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D. 1796 - 1854 (Beacon Press, Boston, 1886), volume 1, pp. 8, 29, 32, 106, and 128. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, (See page 241 and ref #55. The college is in Williamstown MA. He notes ballplaying later in Sheffield and Danbury CT |
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1796.2 Williams College Student Notes Ballplaying in Winter Months"
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