In Charlestown in 1836

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Date of Game	1838
Location	Charlestown, MA, United States
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Description	The Auburn NY Journal and Advertiser, Jan. 17, 1838 prints a letter from a traveler to Boston, who says that at the McLean Asylum in Charlestown, "the males are engaged in playing at bowls, quoits, base ball, ..." This asylum for the insane was well known.
Sources	The Auburn NY Journal and Advertiser, Jan. 17, 1838
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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