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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1830 | |Year=1830 | ||
|Year Suffix=c | |Year Suffix=c | ||
|Year Number=7 | |||
|Headline=Boston Gent Recalls Old Game of "Massachusetts Run-Around" | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
|Text=<p>T. King wrote to the Mills Commission in 1905. | |Text=<p>T. King wrote to the Mills Commission in 1905. "Just a word in regard to the old game of Massachusetts Run-around. We always pronounced the name as if it were run-round without the "a," but I presume, technically that should be incorporated.</p> | ||
<p>"This was the old time game which I played between 44 and 50 years ago [1855-1861 - LM.], and which I heard my father speak of as playing 35 to 40 years before that, carrying it back to the vicinity of 1830." | <p>"This was the old time game which I played between 44 and 50 years ago [1855-1861 - LM.], and which I heard my father speak of as playing 35 to 40 years before that, carrying it back to the vicinity of 1830." [Actually, the arithmetic implies the vicinity of 1820.]</p> | ||
<p> | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>T. King, Letter to the Mills Commission, November 24, 1905.</p> | |||
|Query=<p><strong>Notes:</strong> can we establish the age of King's father at King's birth?</p> | |||
<p>Can we determine where the two Kings might have played?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | T. King wrote to the Mills Commission in 1905. "Just a word in regard to the old game of Massachusetts Run-around. We always pronounced the name as if it were run-round without the "a," but I presume, technically that should be incorporated. "This was the old time game which I played between 44 and 50 years ago [1855-1861 - LM.], and which I heard my father speak of as playing 35 to 40 years before that, carrying it back to the vicinity of 1830." [Actually, the arithmetic implies the vicinity of 1820.]
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| Sources | T. King, Letter to the Mills Commission, November 24, 1905. |
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| Query | Notes: can we establish the age of King's father at King's birth? Can we determine where the two Kings might have played? Edit with form to add a query |
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1830c.7 Boston Gent Recalls Old Game of "Massachusetts Run-Around""
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