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<p>A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball. Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff."</p> | <p>A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: "In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball." Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff."</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>Philip Vickers Fithian, <em>Philip Vickers Fithian Journal and Letters 1767-1774</em>, John Rogers Williams, ed (Freeport NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1969 [1900]), page 49. Reported in Tom Altherr's Notebook, <em>Originals</em> volume 5, number 6 (June 2012), pages 1-2.</p> | |Sources=<p>Philip Vickers Fithian, <em>Philip Vickers Fithian Journal and Letters 1767-1774</em>, John Rogers Williams, ed. (Freeport NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1969 [1900]), page 49. Reported in Tom Altherr's Notebook, <em>Originals</em> volume 5, number 6 (June 2012), pages 1-2.</p> | ||
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| Game | Buff-Ball |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
| Location | Maryland |
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| Description | Tom Altherr has found a reference to buff-ball in Baltimore in 1773. A visitor wrote in his journal for 10/28/1773: "In Baltimore for some Buff-Ball." Tom notes that the nature of the game is not known, but that OED lists "to hit something" as one meaning of "buff."
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| Sources | Philip Vickers Fithian, Philip Vickers Fithian Journal and Letters 1767-1774, John Rogers Williams, ed. (Freeport NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1969 [1900]), page 49. Reported in Tom Altherr's Notebook, Originals volume 5, number 6 (June 2012), pages 1-2. |
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