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|Year=1853 | |Year=1853 | ||
|Year Number=6 | |Year Number=6 | ||
|Headline=When Boys Collect | |Headline=When Boys Collect, A Spontaneous Game of Ball is Possible | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Age of Players=Youth | |Age of Players=Youth | ||
|Text=<p>"[ | |Text=<p>" . . . when they [the 'little fellows'] asked the men where the town-meeting was, they were told that it was in the church. So it is for the men, but that the boys' town-meeting is out [outdoors?] where you can buy peanuts and gingercake, and see all your cousins from almost everywhere, and stand around and find out what is going on, and play a game of ball with the boy from Oysterponds, and another from Mattitue, on the same side."</p> | ||
<p> </p> | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>New York Times,</em> April 26, 1853.</p> | |Sources=<p><em>New York Times,</em> April 26, 1853.</p> | ||
|Query=<p>" | |Query=<p>"Mattitue?" "Oysterponds?"</p> | ||
|Submitted by=David Ball, email of 6/4/2006 | |Submitted by=David Ball, email of 6/4/2006 | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | " . . . when they [the 'little fellows'] asked the men where the town-meeting was, they were told that it was in the church. So it is for the men, but that the boys' town-meeting is out [outdoors?] where you can buy peanuts and gingercake, and see all your cousins from almost everywhere, and stand around and find out what is going on, and play a game of ball with the boy from Oysterponds, and another from Mattitue, on the same side."
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| Sources | New York Times, April 26, 1853. |
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| Query | "Mattitue?" "Oysterponds?" Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | David Ball, email of 6/4/2006 |
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1853.6 When Boys Collect, A Spontaneous Game of Ball is Possible"
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