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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Youth
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p>"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebians -- play round ball on the Common.&nbsp; It is a free exercise."</p>
|Text=<p>"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebeians -- play round ball on the Common.&nbsp; It is a free exercise."</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Boston Post,&nbsp;</em>April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Boston Post,&nbsp;</em>April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.</p>
|Comment=<p>By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class."</p>
|Comment=<p>By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class."</p>

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Springtime Ballplaying on the Common -- by Girls

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Females
Location Boston Common
City/State/Country: Boston, MA, United States
Game Round Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Youth
Text

"Girls of fourteen -- daughters of plebeians -- play round ball on the Common.  It is a free exercise."

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Boston Post, April 24, 1844, page 2, column 2.

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By "plebeian," the writer presumably meant "not upper-class."

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Did "It is a free exercise" mean roughly what it means today? 

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Submitted by David Block
Submission Note Email of 3/28/2020



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