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Early Use of the Term "Town Ball" in NY Clipper

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Newspaper CoverageNewspaper Coverage
Location	PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
City/State/Country:	Germantown, PA, United States
Modern Address
Game	Town BallTown Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
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Text	The article reported a "Game of Town Ball" in Germantown PA.
Sources	New YorkClipper, September 19, 1857.
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Comment	Information posted by David Block to 19CBB 11/1/2002. David writes that this is the earliest "town ball" game account he knows of. Edit with form to add a comment
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 {{Chronology Entry
+|Year=1857
+|Year Number=16
 |Headline=Early Use of the Term "Town Ball" in <i>NY Clipper</i>
-|Year=1857
+|Salience=2
-|Is in main chronology=yes
+|Tags=Newspaper Coverage,
+|Location=Pennsylvania,
+|Country=United States
+|State=PA
+|City=Germantown
 |Game=Town Ball
-|Text=<p>The article reported a "Game of Town Ball" in Germantown PA. </p>
+|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
-<p><i>New York</i><i>Clipper</i>, September 19, 1857.  Information posted by David Block to 19CBB 11/1/2002.  David writes that this is the earliest "town ball" game account he knows of.</p>
+|Age of Players=Adult
+|Text=<p>The article reported a "Game of Town Ball" in Germantown PA.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+|Sources=<p><em>New York</em><em>Clipper</em>, September 19, 1857.&nbsp;</p>
+|Comment=<p>Information posted by David Block to 19CBB 11/1/2002. David writes that this is the earliest "town ball" game account he knows of.</p>
+|Reviewed=Yes
+|Has Supplemental Text=No
+|Coordinates=40.028521, -75.1749671
 }}