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Ontario Diarist Reports Joining Men "Jumping and Playing Ball"
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Location | CanadaCanada |
City/State/Country: | York, Ontario, Canada |
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Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Text | "I went to Town [York, Ontario] . . . walk'd out and joined a number of men jumping and playing Ball, perceived a Mr. Joseph Randle to be the most active." -- Ely Playter, York tavernkeeper. |
Sources | [Playter, Ely], "Extracts from Ely Playter's Diary, April 13, 1803," reprinted in Edith G. Firth, ed., The Town of York 1793 - 1815: A Collection of Documents of Early Toronto (The Champlain Society, Toronto, 1962), p. 248. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, page 247 and ref #89. |
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1803.1 Ontario Diarist Reports Joining Men "Jumping and Playing Ball""
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