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|Text=<p>Brown College (Providence, RI) student Williams Latham notes in his diary: "We had a great play at ball today noon [March 22]." On April 9: "We this morning . . . have been playing ball, But I have never received so much pleasure from it here as I have in Bridgewater. They do not have more than 6 or 7 on a side, so that a great deal of time is spent in running after the ball, neither do they throw so fair ball, They are afraid the fellow in the middle will hit it with his bat-stick."</p> | |Text=<p>Brown College (Providence, RI) student Williams Latham notes in his diary: "We had a great play at ball today noon [March 22]." On April 9: "We this morning . . . have been playing ball, But I have never received so much pleasure from it here as I have in Bridgewater. They do not have more than 6 or 7 on a side, so that a great deal of time is spent in running after the ball, neither do they throw so fair ball, They are afraid the fellow in the middle will hit it with his bat-stick."</p> | ||
<p>Latham, Williams, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Diary of Williams Latham, 1823 - 1827</span>, quoted in W. C. Bronson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The History of Brown University</span> 1764 - 1914 [Providence, Brown University, 1914], p. 245. Per Henderson ref # 101. "The fellow in the middle?"</p> | <p>Latham, Williams, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Diary of Williams Latham, 1823 - 1827</span>, quoted in W. C. Bronson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The History of Brown University</span> 1764 - 1914 [Providence, Brown University, 1914], p. 245. Per Henderson ref # 101. </p> | ||
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Text | Brown College (Providence, RI) student Williams Latham notes in his diary: "We had a great play at ball today noon [March 22]." On April 9: "We this morning . . . have been playing ball, But I have never received so much pleasure from it here as I have in Bridgewater. They do not have more than 6 or 7 on a side, so that a great deal of time is spent in running after the ball, neither do they throw so fair ball, They are afraid the fellow in the middle will hit it with his bat-stick." Latham, Williams, The Diary of Williams Latham, 1823 - 1827, quoted in W. C. Bronson, The History of Brown University 1764 - 1914 [Providence, Brown University, 1914], p. 245. Per Henderson ref # 101. |
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