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|Year=1656 | |||
|Year Number=1 | |||
|Headline=Dutch Prohibit "Playing Ball," Cricket on Sundays in New Netherlands. | |Headline=Dutch Prohibit "Playing Ball," Cricket on Sundays in New Netherlands. | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Bans, Pre-Knicks NYC, | |||
|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
|Text=<p>In October 1656 Director-General Peter Stuyvesant announced a stricter Sabbath Law in New Netherlands, including fine of a one pound Flemish for "playing ball," cricket, tennis, ninepins, dancing, drinking, etc.</p> | |||
|Text=<p>In October 1656 Director-General Peter Stuyvesant announced a stricter Sabbath Law in New Netherlands, including fine of a one pound Flemish for "playing ball," cricket, tennis, ninepins, dancing, drinking, etc. | <p> </p> | ||
<p>< | |Sources=<p>Source: 13: Doc Hist., Volume Iv, pp.13-15, and Father Jogues' papers in NY Hist. Soc. Coll., 1857, pp. 161-229, as cited in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Manual of the Reformed Church in America (Formerly Ref. Prot. Dutch Church), 1628-1902</span>, E. T. Corwin, D.D., Fourth Edition (Reformed Church in America, New York, 1902.) Provided by John Thorn, email of 2/1/2008.</p> | ||
|Query=<p><strong>Note:</strong> It would be useful to ascertain what Dutch phrase was translated as "playing ball," and whether the phrase denotes a certain type of ballplay. The population of Manhattan at this time was about 800 [were there enough resident Englishmen to sustain cricket?], and the area was largely a fur trading post. Is it possible that the burghers imported this text from the Dutch homeland?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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| Text | In October 1656 Director-General Peter Stuyvesant announced a stricter Sabbath Law in New Netherlands, including fine of a one pound Flemish for "playing ball," cricket, tennis, ninepins, dancing, drinking, etc.
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| Sources | Source: 13: Doc Hist., Volume Iv, pp.13-15, and Father Jogues' papers in NY Hist. Soc. Coll., 1857, pp. 161-229, as cited in Manual of the Reformed Church in America (Formerly Ref. Prot. Dutch Church), 1628-1902, E. T. Corwin, D.D., Fourth Edition (Reformed Church in America, New York, 1902.) Provided by John Thorn, email of 2/1/2008. |
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| Query | Note: It would be useful to ascertain what Dutch phrase was translated as "playing ball," and whether the phrase denotes a certain type of ballplay. The population of Manhattan at this time was about 800 [were there enough resident Englishmen to sustain cricket?], and the area was largely a fur trading post. Is it possible that the burghers imported this text from the Dutch homeland? Edit with form to add a query |
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1656.1 Dutch Prohibit "Playing Ball," Cricket on Sundays in New Netherlands."
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