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Doc Adams' Sister Writes of Bat and Ball Play

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	Females, Pre-modern RulesFemales, Pre-modern Rules
Location
City/State/Country:	Mount Vernon, NH, United States
Modern Address
Game	Bat and BallBat and Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	YouthYouth
Holiday
Notables
Text	In a June 1832 letter to her 17-year-old brother at Amherst, the 10-year-old Nancy Ann Adams wrote, "I felt very lonesome after you and the rest were gone. I have not played with your bat and ball as you bid me." Her brother is Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, who was to become a key member of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club about eight years later.
Sources	Letter, Nancy A. Adams to D. L. Adams, 7/15/1832, from Mount Vernon NH.
Warning
Comment	The game that the future Doc Adams played with these objects is not known. A game called "bat and ball" is known to have been played in NH, and her wording echoes that name. Even a hint that a girl would be tempted to take up a bat and ball is notable in US ballplaying history. Edit with form to add a comment
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External Number
Submitted by	John Thorn
Submission Note	Email of 10/19/2014.
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