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|Year=1778 | |||
|Year Number=3 | |||
|Headline=MA Sergeant Found Some Time and "Plaid Ball" | |Headline=MA Sergeant Found Some Time and "Plaid Ball" | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Military, | |||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
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|Text=<p>Symmes, Rebecca D., ed., < | |Text=<p>Benjamin Gilbert, a Sergeant from Brookfield MA, mentioned ball-playing in his diary several times between 1778 and 1782. The locations included the lower Hudson valley.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Symmes, Rebecca D., ed., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Citizen Soldier in the American Revolution: The Diary of Benjamin Gilbert of Massachusetts and New York</span> (New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, 1980), pp. 30 and 49; and "Benjamin Gilbert Diaries 1782 - 1786," G372, NYS Historical Association Library, Cooperstown. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball before We Knew I</span>t</span>, ref # 30. (See page 236.)</p> | |||
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| Text | Benjamin Gilbert, a Sergeant from Brookfield MA, mentioned ball-playing in his diary several times between 1778 and 1782. The locations included the lower Hudson valley. |
| Sources | Symmes, Rebecca D., ed., A Citizen Soldier in the American Revolution: The Diary of Benjamin Gilbert of Massachusetts and New York (New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, 1980), pp. 30 and 49; and "Benjamin Gilbert Diaries 1782 - 1786," G372, NYS Historical Association Library, Cooperstown. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, ref # 30. (See page 236.) |
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