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South Carolina Man Lists Ball-Playing Among Local Amusements
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | US SouthUS South |
| City/State/Country: | SC, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
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| Text | "[A]musements are few: consisting of dancing, horse racing, ball playing and rifle shooting." |
| Sources | Drayton, John, A View of South-Carolina, As Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns [W. P. Young, Charleston SC, 1854], p. 88. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, page 247 ref #87. |
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| Query | Can we determine the SC location recalled, why Tom dated it as circa 1802, or what form the ballplaying took? Edit with form to add a query |
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1802c.1 South Carolina Man Lists Ball-Playing Among Local Amusements"
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