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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1810 | |Year=1810 | ||
|Year Suffix=s | |Year Suffix=s | ||
|Year Number=5 | |||
|Headline=Harvard Library Worker Recalls Occasional Bi-racial Ball Play in Harvard Yard | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Tags=African Americans, College, Harvard College, | ||
| | |Country=United States | ||
|Text=<p>"During my employment at Cambridge [MA] the College yard continued without gates. | |Coordinates=42.3736158, -71.1097335 | ||
<p>William Croswell, letter drafted to the Harvard Corporation, December 1827. | |State=MA | ||
|City=Cambridge | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | |||
|Text=<p>"During my employment at Cambridge [MA] the College yard continued without gates. The Stage passed through it; and though I was very attentive to the hour, I could not always avoid injury from the Stage horn. Blacks and Whites occasionally played together at ball in the College yard."</p> | |||
<p> </p> | |||
|Sources=<p>William Croswell, letter drafted to the Harvard Corporation, December 1827. Papers of William Croswell, Call number HUG 1306.5, Harvard University Archives.</p> | |||
<p>Supplied by Kyle DeCicco-Carey, 8/8/2007.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Finder Kyle DeCicco-Carey notes that Croswell was an 1780 Harvard graduate who worked in the college library 1812-1821.</p> | |||
|Submitted by=Kyle DeCicco-Carey | |||
|Submission Note=August 8, 2007 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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Harvard Library Worker Recalls Occasional Bi-racial Ball Play in Harvard Yard
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | African Americans, College, Harvard CollegeAfrican Americans, College, Harvard College |
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| City/State/Country: | Cambridge, MA, United States |
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| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
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| Text | "During my employment at Cambridge [MA] the College yard continued without gates. The Stage passed through it; and though I was very attentive to the hour, I could not always avoid injury from the Stage horn. Blacks and Whites occasionally played together at ball in the College yard."
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| Sources | William Croswell, letter drafted to the Harvard Corporation, December 1827. Papers of William Croswell, Call number HUG 1306.5, Harvard University Archives. Supplied by Kyle DeCicco-Carey, 8/8/2007. |
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| Comment | Finder Kyle DeCicco-Carey notes that Croswell was an 1780 Harvard graduate who worked in the college library 1812-1821. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Kyle DeCicco-Carey |
| Submission Note | August 8, 2007 |
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1810s.5 Harvard Library Worker Recalls Occasional Bi-racial Ball Play in Harvard Yard"
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