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Wicket Challenge Issued in Granby CT

Salience Peripheral
City/State/Country: Granby, CT, United States
Game Wicket
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"Fifteen young men of Salmon Brook and Mechanicville, Granby, challenge and are ready to meet the same number of young men, of Southwick village, to play the rub game at Wicket Ball, near C. Hayes' Hotel, Granby, to be determined upon by the parties, 2 weeks from today.

Capt D.C. Hays, R. G. Hillyer, Chas Holcomb, D. C. Roe

Sources

Hartford CT Patriot and Eagle, Volume 2, Issue 62, (May 7, 1836), page 3.

Comment

Granby CT is about 15 miles N of Hartford CT, on the MA border.

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Submitted by Brian Turner
Submission Note Letter of 9/20/2014



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