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Asylum Inmates Kept Busy with Fishing, Fancy Painting, Bass Ball, Etc.
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| City/State/Country: | Charlestown, MA, United States |
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| Game | Bass BallBass Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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| Text | "The males are also engaged at bowls, quoits, bass ball, fishing, fancy painting, walking dancing, reading, swinging, and throwing the ring."
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| Sources | "Lady Manners", "Moral Management of the Insane," The Friend: a Religious and Literary Journal, Volume 11, Number 38 (June 23, 1838), page 303. Submitted by John Thorn. |
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| Comment | This was originally from the report of the McLean Asylum in Charlestown, MA, published in the Boston Messenger, March 9, 1837. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
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1838.9 Asylum Inmates Kept Busy with Fishing, Fancy Painting, Bass Ball, Etc."
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