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Sports in North America (SportsDocs)

A Documentary History

In Print Volume 1 Part 1 Sports in the Colonial Era, 1618-1783 Edited by Thomas L. Altherr (Metropolitan State College). 1087 documents, 496 pages. 1996. Contents of Volume 1 Part I Volume 1 Part 2 Sports in the New Republic, 1784-1820 Edited by Thomas L. Altherr (Metropolitan State College). 668 documents, 469 pages. 1996. Contents of Volume 1 Part II Volume 2 Origins of Modern Sports, 1820-1840 Edited by Larry K. Menna (SUNY, Farmingdale). 145 documents, 420 pages. 1994. Contents of Volume 2 Volume 3 The Rise of Modern Sports, 1840-1860 Edited by George B. Kirsch (Manhattan College). 150 documents, 408 pages. 1992. Contents of Volume 3 Volume 4 Sports in War, Revival and Expansion, 1860-1880 Edited by George B. Kirsch (Manhattan College). 147 documents, 412 pages. 1995. Contents of Volume 4 Volume 5 Sports Organized, 1880-1900 Edited by Gerald R. Gems (North Central College). 253 documents 529 pages. 1996. Contents of Volume 5 Volume 6 Sports and Reform, 1900-1920 Edited by Steven A. Riess (Northeastern Illinois University). 276 documents, 516 pages. 1996. Contents of Volume 6 Back to Sports in North America (SportsDocs). Back to Sports. Back to AIP Home Page.

Contents of Volume 1 Part 1 (1618-1783) Preface xxxiv Introduction xxxviii 1 GENERAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS EXERCISE AND SPORT 1 The Official View Declaration of King James I concerning Sports, 1618 2 Observance of the Sabbath and Religious Holidays Excerpt from Of Plymouth Plantation. By William Bradford 4 Excerpt from New Amsterdam law, 1648 5 Excerpt from Rhode Island and Providence Plantations statute, 1654 5 Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam, on sporting activities 5 Excerpt from New Netherland ordinance, 1656 5 Excerpt from Massachusetts colonial law, 1660 6 Excerpt from New York provincial law, 1695 6 Connecticut law, 1702 6 Excerpt from The Day Which the Lord Hath Made. A Discourse Concerning the Institution and Observation of the Lords-Day. By Cotton Mather 7 Excerpts from The Government and Improvement of Mirth. By Benjamin Colman 7 New York City ordinance, 1707 7 Excerpt from South Carolina provincial law 7 Excerpts from New Hampshire provincial law 7 Excerpt from Maryland provincial law 8 Excerpts from New York City law, 1731 8 Excerpt from Delaware provincial law 9 North Carolina provincial law 9 Excerpts from the journals of William Stephens 9 Excerpts from the writings of Devereux Jarratt 10 Excerpt from Rhode Island colonial law 10 Excerpt from Georgia provincial law 10 Excerpt from Rhode Island provincial law, 1769 11 Excerpts from Pennsylvania state law, 1779 11 Excerpt from Travels in North-America, in the Years, 1780, 1781, and 1782, by the Marquis de Chastellux. By Marquis de Chastellux 11 Excerpts from Charleston, South Carolina city ordinance, 1783 12 Sports In Education Excerpts from Harvard College records 12 Excerpts from Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. By Benjamin Franklin 12 Ordinance at William and Mary College 13 Excerpt fom the diary of John Adams 13 Excerpt from A Continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity School, in Lebanon, in Connecticut; From the Year 1768, to the Incorporation of It with Dartmouth College, and Removal and Settlement of It in Hanover, in the Province of New Hampshire. By Eleazer Wheelock 13 Sports as Healthful Recreation Excerpt from Leah and Rachel, or, the two Fruitful Sisters Virginia, and Mary-land. Their Present Condition, Impartially stated and Related. By John Hammond 14 Excerpt from a letter from Thomas Shephard to his son 14 Excerpt from a sermon by Increase Mather 14 Reasons for repeal of "An Act Against Riotous Sports, Plays and Games" 14 Excerpt from A Serious Address to those who unnecessarily frequent the Tavern. By Cotton Mather 15 Excerpt from A Short Description of the Province of South-Carolina, with An Account of the Air, Weather, and Diseases, at Charles-Town, Written in the Year 1763. By George Milligen-Johnston 15 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 15 Excerpt from the orderly book of Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 16 Sports as Immoral Activities Excerpt from Massachusetts colonial law, 1660 16 Resolutions of the Yearly Meetings of the Society of Friends 16 Excerpt from the journal of Alexander Harvey 17 Excerpts from the orderly books of Colonel William Henshaw 17 Excerpts from The Hiftory of Pennfylvania, in North America, from the Original Inftitution and Settlement of that Province, under the firft Proprietor and Governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the Year 1742. By Robert Proud 17 Excerpt from Pennsylvania state law, 1779 18 Excerpt from Virginia state law 18 Work Sports Excerpts from the diary of Ezra Stiles 19 2 AQUATICS 20 Yale College law, 1774 21 Excerpts from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 21 Swimming Excerpts from New England's Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both as It Ftands to Our New-Come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 22 Excerpts from the diary of Samuel Sewall 22 Excerpt from the autobiography of the Rev. John Barnard 23 Excerpts from the diary of William Byrd 23 Excerpt from the diary of Joshua Hempstead 23 Excerpt from the journal of John Fontaine 24 Excerpt from The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina. Containing a Description of the Countries that lie on both Sides of the River Mississippi. With an Account of the Settlements, Inhabitants, Soil, Climate, and Products. By Antoine Le Page du Pratz 24 Exerpt from "Some Improvement of Vacant Hours." By Roger Wolcott 24 Notice of a swimming accident in Philadelphia, South Carolina Gazette, 1732 24 Excerpt from "A Journey to the Land of Eden." By William Byrd 24 Notice of a drowning near Boston, Boston News-Letter, 1735 24 Excerpts from the autobiography of John Adams 25 Excerpt from Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. By Benjamin Franklin 25 Excerpt from the journal of the Rev. Mr. Henry Alline 25 Excerpt from "A Tour to Connecticut River, through the Colony of Massachusetts from Wells." By Paul Coffin 25 Advertisement for a bathing house in New York City, New York Gazette, 1760 26 Excerpt from The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. By Thomas Hutchinson 26 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 26 Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Oliver Neave 26 Advertisement for swimming equipment, New York City 28 Excerpts from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 28 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 29 Excerpt from A Tour in the United States of America. Containing an Account of the Present Situation of that Country. By John Ferdinand Dalziel Smyth 29 Excerpt from the writings of John Long 30 Excerpts from the dairy of Jabez Fitch 30 Excerpts from the journal of Joseph Joslin, Jr. 30 Advertisements for a swimming tank, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1778 30 Excerpt from the writings of Samuel Dewees 31 Boating and Sailing Notices of boating accidents in Philadelphia, Boston News-Letter, 1728 32 Notice of a boating accident in New Hampshire, Boston News-Letter, 1731 33 Notice about a boating accident in Boston, Maryland Gazette, 1753 33 Excerpt from the diary of John Adams 33 Excerpt from memoirs of Ann MacVicar Grant 34 Excerpt from the diary of George Washington 34 3 ARCHERY AND SHOOTING 34 Archery among Colonists Excerpt from "Gov. Bradford's History of Plymouth Colony." By Edward Winslow 36 Rhode Island and Providence Plantations statute, 1647 36 Excerpts from the diary of William Byrd 36 Excerpt from an account of a wedding 37 Excerpt from The Art of Preserving Health. By John Armstrong 37 Excerpt from A Natural and Civil History of California. By Fray Miguel Venegas 37 Excerpt from the memoirs of Ann MacVicar Grant 37 Excerpt from the diary of Jabez Fitch 37 Excerpt from the writings of Samuel Dewees 37 Archery among Indigenous Peoples Excerpt from A Trve Relation of the Moft Profperous Voyage Made this Prefent Yeere 1605, by Captaine George Waymouth, in the Difcouery of the land of Virginia. By James Rosier 38 Excerpt from "Gov. Bradford's History of Plymouth Colony." By Edward Winslow 38 Excerpt from New Englands Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both As It Ftands to Our New-come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 38 Excerpt from "A Briefe Relation of the Voyage unto Maryland." By Father Andrew White 39 Excerpt from Geographia Americae with An Account of the Delaware Indians Based on Surveys and Notes Made in 1654-1656. By Peter Lindestrom 39 Excerpts from A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations of the English in America. Of Virginia, New England, Bermudus, Barbados. By Samuel Clarke 39 Excerpt from A Two Years Journal in New-York. And Part of its Territories in America. By Charles Wooley 39 Excerpt from the writings of Francis Louis Michel 40 Excerpt from the journal of John Fontaine 40 Excerpt from a letter from Father Sebastien Rasles to his brother 40 Excerpt from the writings of Father Joseph Lafitau 40 Excerpt from Jean-Bernard Bossu's Travels in the Interior of North America. By Jean-Bernard Bossu 40 Excerpt from the writings of Joseph Doddridge 40 Excerpt from The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. By Thomas Hutchinson 41 Excerpt from A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida. By Bernard Romans 41 Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Robert Honyman 41 Excerpt from the writings of John Long 41 Shooting among Colonists Excerpt from the journal of the plantation at Plymouth. By George Morton(?) 42 Excerpt from Advertisements for the Unexperienced Planters of New-England, or Anywhere or the Path-way to Experience to Erect a Plantation. By John Smith 42 Court Order at Fort Orange and Beverwyck, New Netherland, 1655 42 Excerpt from A Letter from South Carolina. By Thomas Nairne 42 Excerpt from the journal of John Fontaine 42 Excerpt from an account of a wedding 43 Excerpt from Harvard College law 43 Excerpt from the writings of Peter Kalm 43 Excerpt from the journal of Jeduthan Baldwin 43 Excerpt from the writings of Joseph Doddridge 43 Excerpt from a letter from William Mylne to Miss Ann Mylne 44 Excerpt from the writings of Daniel Boone 44 Excerpt from The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger. By George Hanger 44 Shooting among Indigenous Peoples Excerpt from Geographia Americae with An Account of the Delaware Indians Based on Surveys and Notes Made in 1654-1656. By Peter Lindestrom 45 Excerpt from A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Defcription and Natural Hiftory of That Country. Together with the Present State Thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd thro' feveral Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of their Cuftoms, Manners, &c. By John Lawson 45 Excerpt from the writings of Robert Beverly 46 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 46 Shooting among the Military Excerpt from "Instructions of the Marshall, for the Better inabling of a Captaine, to the executing of his charge in this present Colonie. Iune the 22, 1611." By William Strachey(?) 46 Excerpts from the diary of Joshua Hempstead 46 Excerpts from the journal of Dr. Robert Honyman 47 Excerpt from the autobiography of Charles Biddle 47 Excerpt from a letter from Thomas Lynch to Ralph Izard 48 Excerpt from the journal of John Harrower. 48 Excerpt from the journal of Simeon Lyman 48 Excerpt from the journal of James Thacher 48 Excerpts from the journal of Henry Hamilton 49 Excerpt from the journal of Erkuries Beatty 49 Shooting Exhibitions and Matches Excerpt from the writings of Edward Bland 49 Proclamation of a shooting match by Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia 49 Excerpt from the writings of Francis Louis Michel 50 Excerpt from the journal of Sarah Knight 50 Advertisement for a shooting match, New York Journal, 1735 50 Advertisement for a shooting match, South Carolina Gazette, 1747 51 Advertisement for a shooting contest, New York Gazette, 1753 51 Excerpt from an account of a shooting match, Maryland Gazette, 1754 51 Excerpts from the diary of James Parker 51 Advertisement for a shooting match, Boston Evening Post, 1773 52 Advertisement for a turkey shoot 52 Excerpt from a letter from John Andrews to his brother-in-law 52 Advertisement for a shooting contest, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1778 52 4 BASEBALL AND SIMILAR BALL GAMES 53 Excerpt from the writings of William Bradford 54 Excerpt from the diary of Samuel Sewall 54 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 54 Excerpt from Yale college statute 54 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 54 Excerpt from New Hampshire law, 1771 55 Excerpt from the journal of Simeon Lyman 55 Excerpts from the journal of Ebenezer Elmer 55 Excerpts from the diary of Jabez Fitch 56 Excerpt from the writings of Charles Herbert 56 Excerpt from the journal of George Ewing 56 Excerpt from the journal of Joseph Joslin, Jr. 56 Excerpt from the diary of Benjamin Gilbert 57 Excerpts from the diary of Enos Stevens 57 Excerpt from the writings of Henry Dearborn 57 Excerpt from the journal of Samuel Shute 57 Excerpt from Dartmouth College law 57 Excerpt from the writings of Samuel Dewees 58 Excerpt from the writings of Joel Shepard 58 5 BLOOD SPORTS 58 Cockfighting Excerpts from the diary of Samuel Sewall 59 Excerpt from The Present State of Virginia. By Hugh Jones 60 Advertisement for a cockfight, South Carolina Gazette, 1733 60 Advertisements for cockfights, South Carolina Gazette, 1735 60 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 60 Excerpt from the diary of William Byrd 60 Excerpt from the wriitings of John Randolph 61 Excerpt from the diary of Robert Rose 61 Excerpt from a letter from Francis Jerdone to Buchanan and Hamilton, London merchants 61 Advertisement for a cockfight, Virginia Gazette, 1751 61 Excerpt from the diary of John Blair 61 Essay against cockfighting, Virginia Gazette, 1752 61 Advertisement for a cockfight, Virginia Gazette, 1752 63 Excerpt from the diary of George Washington 64 Excerpt from a letter from George Hume to his brother John Hume 64 Ordinance at William and Mary College 64 Account of a cockfight, Virginia Gazette, 1755 64 Excerpt from the will of Robert Page 64 Advertisement for a cockfight, Virginia Gazette, 1768 64 Account of a servant transaction at a cockfight, Rind's Virginia Gazette, 1769 65 "The Cock-Fighter, an Elegy." By Francis Hopkinson 65 Advertisements for cockfights, Virginia Gazette, 1770 66 Excerpt from "Plans for an Academy at Providence, in New Kent." By Charles Jeffery Smith 66 Excerpt from the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer 67 Advertisement for a cockfight, Rind's Virginia Gazette, 1770 67 Advertisement for a cockfight, Virginia Gazette, 1771 67 Excerpt from A Tour in the United States of America. Containing an Account of the Present Situation of that Country. By John Ferdinand Dalziel Smyth 67 Excerpts from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 67 Excerpt from a letter from Wilmington, North Carolina 68 Excerpts from the journal of Ebenezer Hazard 68 Announcement for a cockfight, Royal Pennsylvania Gazette, 1778 68 Excerpt from Travels through the Interior Parts of America. By Thomas Anburey 68 Advertisement for cockfighting equipment, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1778 69 Excerpt from the correspondence of Andrew Jackson 69 Advertisement for a cockfighting manual, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1781 69 Excerpt from the journal of Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Verger 70 Excerpt from the journal of Baron Ludwig von Closen 70 Excerpt from Travels in North-America, in the Years, 1780, 1781, and 1782, by the Marquis de Chastellux. By Marquis de Chastellux 70 Quotation of an English gentleman 71 Advertisement for cockfighting equipment, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1783 71 Excerpt from the writings of Johann David Schoepf 71 Advertisement for cockfighting equipment, [Rivington's] New-York Gazette and Universal Advertiser, 1783 71 Other Blood Sports Excerpt from the journal of an English traveler 72 Excerpts from New England's Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both as It Ftands to Our New-Come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 72 Quotation from a sermon by Increase Mather 73 Excerpt from a letter from Josiah Cotton to Rowland Cotton 73 Excerpt from The Government and Improvement of Mirth. By Benjamin Colman 73 Advertisement for a bear-baiting, Boston Gazette, 1726 73 Excerpt from "A Journey to the Land of Eden." By William Byrd 73 Excerpt from an advertisement about a fair and horse racing, Virginia Gazette, 1739 74 Advertisement for a pig race, South Carolina Gazette, 1734 74 Advertisement for a bear and turkey shoot, Boston Evening Post, 1773 74 Advertisement for a bull-baiting, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1774 74 Excerpt from the memoirs of Tench Tilghman 74 Excerpt from the diary of Landon Carter 74 Advertisements for bull-baitings, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1781 75 Advertisement for a bull-baiting, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1783 75 Excerpt from a Charleston, South Carolina city ordinance, 1783 75 6 BOWLING AND PITCHING SPORTS 76 Bowling Excerpt from The History of the Firft Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. By William Stith 77 Excerpts from the diary of Samuel Sewall 77 Excerpt from the diary of William Byrd 78 Advertisement for a bowling green, Boston News-Letter, 1714 78 Excerpt from the inventory of Elizabeth Brooks 78 Excerpt from A Satyrical Description of Commencement. Calculated to the Meridian of Cambridge in New-England 78 Excerpt from a judge's order, Maryland, June 1722 78 Advertisement for a bowling green, Boston Gazette, 1734 78 Advertisement for bowling equipment, South Carolina Gazette, 1739 79 Excerpts from the diary of William Byrd 79 Advertisement for a bowling green, South Carolina Gazette, 1748 81 Excerpt from the diary of Landon Carter 81 Excerpt from the writings of George Fisher 81 Notice of a bowling match, Connecticut Courant, 1766 81 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 81 Excerpt from Yale College law 82 Excerpt from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 82 Excerpt from the journal of Samuel Shute 82 Excerpt from the journal of Claude Blanchard 82 Excerpt from the military journal of Jeremiah Greenman 82 Long Bullets Boston, Massachusetts town by-law, 1723 82 Excerpt from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 83 Excerpt from the journal of Samuel Shute 83 Excerpts from the writings of Christopher Marshall 83 Excerpt from the writings of Samuel Dewees 83 Excerpt from petition by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania residents 84 Quoits Excerpt from the account of a wedding 84 Excerpt from the autobiography of John Adams 84 Excerpt from the journal of William Stephens 85 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 85 Excerpt from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 85 Excerpt from the writings of Charles Herbert 85 Excerpt from the diary of Jabez Fitch 85 Excerpt from the writings of Joel Shepard 85 Other Pitching Sports Excerpt from the writings of William Bradford 86 Advertisement for shuffleboard, South Carolina Gazette, 1743 86 7 CHILDREN'S GAMES 86 Excerpt from the writings of Father Paul Le Jeune 87 Excerpt from The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina. Containing a Description of the Countries that lie on both Sides of the River Mississippi. With an Account of the Settlements, Inhabitants, Soil, Climate, and Products. By Antoine Le Page du Pratz 87 Excerpt from the journal of James Jeffry 88 Excerpt from the autobiography of John Adams 88 Excerpts from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 88 8 CONTACT SPORTS 90 Excerpts from the diary of William Byrd 91 Excerpt from a horse racing advertisement, Virginia Gazette, 1737 91 Excerpt from an advertisement about a fair and horse racing, Virginia Gazette, 1739 91 Excerpt from an advertisement for a fair, Maryland Gazette, 1745 92 Excerpt from a horse racing advertisement, Maryland Gazette, 1747 92 Excerpt from an advertisement for a fair, Maryland Gazette, 1747 92 Excerpt from the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian 92 Excerpt from writings of Francisco de Miranda 93 Boxing Broughton's Rules for boxing 93 Excerpt from the diary of Landon Carter 93 Excerpt from the diary of Jabez Fitch 94 Excerpt from Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier. By Joseph Plumb Martin 94 Comments of Johann David Schoepf on a boxing match 94 Gouging Excerpt from A New Voyage to Georgia. By A Young Gentlemen Giving an Account of his Travels to South Carolina, and Part of North Carolina. To which is added, A Curious Account of the Indians, by an Honourable Person 95 Excerpt from the journal of Elkanah Watson 95 Excerpts from Travels through the Interior Parts of America. By Thomas Anburey 95 Comments on Virginia amusements by an unnamed English gentleman 97 Laws Against Maiming Excerpt from Delaware provincial law 97 Virginia statute, 1752 98 Excerpt from North Carolina provincial law 98 Excerpt from Virginia provincial law, 1772 98 Wrestling Excerpts from New England's Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both as It Ftands to Our New-Come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 99 Proclamation of a wrestling match by Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia 99 Excerpt from A Satyrical Description of Commencement. Calculated to the Meridian of Cambridge in New-England 100 Excerpt from an account of a wedding 100 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 100 Excerpt from a story about a St. Andrew's Day festival, Virginia Gazette, 1737 100 Excerpt from the autobiography of John Adams 100 Excerpt from the diary of Ebenezer Parkman 100 Excerpts from the journal of Thomas Lewis 101 Excerpt from Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. By Benjamin Franklin 101 Excerpt from A Natural and Civil History of California. By Fray Miguel Venegas 101 Excerpt from the writings of Joseph Doddridge 101 Excerpt from The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. By Thomas Hutchinson 101 Excerpt from "Plans for an Academy at Providence, in New Kent." By Charles Jeffery Smith 101 Excerpt from Journey from Fort Prince Wales, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, for the Discovery of Copper Mines and a North-West Passage. By Samuel Hearne 102 Excerpt from the journal of Alexander Harvey 102 Excerpt from the diary of Paul Lunt 102 Excerpt from the autobiography of Henry Tufts 103 Excerpt from A History of Coventry, Orleans County, Vermont. By Pliny H. White 103 Excerpt from Reminiscences; Personal and Other Incidents; Early Settlement of Otsego County; Notices and Anecdotes of Public Men; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Matters; Field Sports; Dissertations and Discussions. By Levi Beardsley 103 Excerpt from the writings of Joel Shepard 104 9 COURT SPORTS 105 Badminton Excerpt from the diary of Landon Carter 106 Advertisement for badminton equipment, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1766 106 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 106 Excerpts from advertisements for shuttlecocks, New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, 1769 106 Excerpt from advertisement for badminton equipment, [Rivington's] The Royal Gazette, 1782 106 Fives Princeton College prohibition 107 Advertisement for fives equipment, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1766 107 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 107 Yale College law 107 Excerpt from the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian 107 Excerpt from account of a fives game, Virginia Gazette, 1776 108 Excerpt from the writings of Albigense Waldo 108 Excerpt from the journal of Samuel Shute 108 Tennis Excerpt from the letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney 108 Excerpt from The Art of Preserving Health. By John Armstrong 108 Excerpt from the writings of Jean-Bernard Bossu 108 Advertisement for tennis rackets, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1766 109 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 109 Advertisement for a tennis rule book, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1780 109 10 CRICKET 109 Excerpts from the diary of William Byrd 110 Excerpt from the diary of Samuel Sewall 111 Excerpts from the journal of William Stephens 111 Rules of cricket, 1744 112 Notice of a cricket match, Maryland Gazette, 1754 114 Accounts of cricket matches, Maryland Gazette, 1754 114 Challenge for a cricket match, Maryland Gazette, 1754 114 Advertisement for cricket equipment, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1766 114 Challenge for a cricket match, Connecticut Courant, 1766 114 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 115 Challenge for a cricket match, Connecticut Courant, 1767 115 Account of a cricket match, Connecticut Courant, 1767 115 Advertisement for a cricket bat and ball maker, Royal Pennsylvania Gazette, 1778 115 Excerpt from the writings of Albigense Waldo 115 Excerpts from the military journal of George Ewing 115 Announcements for cricket matches, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1778 116 Excerpt from the journal of Ebenezer Elmer 116 Announcements for cricket matches, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1779 116 Announcements for cricket matches, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1780 116 Challenges for cricket matches, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1780 117 Advertisement for a rule book on cricket, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1780 117 Announcement for a cricket match, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1781 117 Excerpt from the diary of Jeremiah Greenman 118 Announcement for a cricket match, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 118 11 FENCING 118 Excerpt from A Summer's Ramble, Through Ten Kingdomes, Occasionally Written by John Dunton, Citizen of London. By John Dunton 119 Excerpt from the diary of Samuel Sewall 119 Proclamation of a fencing match by Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia 119 Excerpt from The Life and Errors of John Dunton Late Citizen of London. By John Dunton 120 Excerpt from the diary of William Byrd 120 A Compleat Syftem of Fencing. Or, The Art of Defence, in the Ufe of the Small-Sword. By Edward Blackwell 120 Advertisement for a fencing school, Maryland Gazette, 1745 151 Advertisement for fencing instruction, Virginia Gazette, 1752 151 Excerpt from The Art of Preserving Health. By John Armstrong 151 Excerpt from an advertisement for a dancing academy, Maryland Gazette, 1757 151 Excerpt from the will of Charles Carter 151 Advertisement for a fencing academy, Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter, 1765 152 Advertisement for a fencing school, Boston Gazette and Country Journal, 1766 152 Advertisement for fencing instruction, Boston Evening Post, 1769 152 Advertisement for a fencing school, Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter, 1770 152 Advertisement for fencing instruction, Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter, 1771 152 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 153 Advertisement for fencing instruction, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1774 153 Excerpt from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 153 Advertisement for fencing instruction, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1775 153 Advertisement for a fencing academy, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer supplement, 1775 154 Excerpt from the diary of Jabez Fitch 154 Excerpt from the diary of Enos Stevens 154 Excerpt from the memoirs of Alexander Graydon 154 Excerpt from An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. By Alexander Hewatt 155 Excerpt from a letter from John Brown to his uncle, William Preston 155 Advertisement for a fencing manual, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 155 Advertisement for a fencing school, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 155 Advertisement for fencing instruction, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 156 Advertisement for a fencing manual, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1783 156 Advertisement for fencing instruction [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1783 157 12 FIELD GAMES 157 Golf Ordinance at Fort Orange and Beverwyck, New Netherlands, 1656 158 Excerpt from the inventory of New York Governor Burnet 158 Rules of golf, St. Andrews course, Scotland 158 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 159 Advertisement for golf equipment, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1779 159 Excerpt from The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger. By George Hanger 160 Soccer Excerpt from the writings of Henry Spelman 160 Excerpt from the writings of William Strachey 160 Excerpt from New England's Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both as It Ftands to Our New-Come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 160 Excerpt from A Key into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England. By Roger Williams 161 Boston selectmen's ordinance, 1658 161 Excerpt from An Account and Description of America. By John Ogilby 161 Excerpts from A Summer's Ramble, Through Ten Kingdomes, Occasionally Written by John Dunton, Citizen of London. By John Dunton 161 Excerpt from the writings of Juan Mateo Manje 162 Excerpt from Boston, Massachusetts town order 162 Excerpt from a story about a St. Andrew's Day festival, Virginia Gazette, 1737 162 Excerpt from the journal of William Stephens 162 Excerpt from Boston, Massachusetts town by-law 163 Yale College law 163 Excerpt from The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. By Thomas Hutchinson 163 Excerpt from Yale College law 163 Excerpt from Charleston, South Carolina city ordinance, 1783 163 Other Field Games Excerpt from the writings of William Strachey 164 Excerpt from the journal of Simeon Lyman 164 Excerpt from the journal of Samuel Shute 164 Excerpts from the journal of Ebenezer Elmer 164 Advertisement for a match at common, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 164 Advertisement for a hurling match, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 165 13 FISHING165 Excerpt from the writings of Izaak Walton 166 Excerpt from "Some Improvement of Vacant Hours." By Roger Wolcott 178 Bufinefs and Diverfion inoffenfive to God and neceffary for the Comfort and Support of human Society. A Discourse utter'd in Part at Ammaufkeeg-Falls, in the Fifhing-Seafon. 1739. By Joseph Seccombe 178 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 183 Fishing among Indigenous Peoples Excerpt from A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. By Thomas Hariot 183 Excerpt from A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. By Thomas Hariot and Theodore DeBry 184 Excerpt from the writings of William Strachey 184 Excerpt from "Gov. Bradford's History of Plymouth Colony." By Edward Winslow 185 Excerpt from New Englands Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both As It Ftands to Our New-come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 185 Excerpt from the writings of Peter Lindestrom 185 Excerpts from A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations of the English in America. Of Virginia, New England, Bermudus, Barbados. By Samuel Clarke 186 Excerpt from An Account of Two Voyages to New-England. By John Josselyn 186 Excerpt from the writings of Daniel Gookin 187 Excerpt from the writings of Thomas Glover 187 Excerpt from A Summer's Ramble, Through Ten Kingdomes, Occasionally Written by John Dunton, Citizen of London. By John Dunton 187 Excerpt from the memoirs of Lamothe de Cadillac 188 Excerpt from the writings of Juan Mateo Manje 189 Excerpt from the writings of Robert Beverly 189 Excerpt from History of New-England Containing an Impartial Account of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country to the Year of Our Lord, 1700. By Daniel Neal 190 Excerpt from the writings of Father Joseph François Lafitau 190 Excerpt from the writings of William Byrd 191 Excerpts from A Natural and Civil History of California. By Fray Miguel Venegas 191 Excerpt from the writings of Jean-Bernard Bossu 192 Excerpt from The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. By Thomas Hutchinson 192 The Carolinas and Georgia Excerpt from Profitable Advice for Rich and Poor in a Discourse Between James Freeman, a Carolina Planter and Simon Question, a West-Country Farmer. Containing a Description, or True Relation of South Carolina An English Plantation, or Colony, in America. By John Norris 192 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 193 Excerpt from the journal of William Stephens 193 Warning about fishing on private property, South Carolina Gazette, 1745 193 Excerpt from the writings of John Marrant 193 Excerpt from An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. By Alexander Hewatt 193 Excerpts from the writings of Johann David Schoepf 193 Maryland and Virginia Excerpt from the writings of John Rolfe 194 Excerpt from A Relation of Maryland; Together, With a Map of the Countrey, the Conditions of Plantation, His Majefties Charter to Lord Baltemore, Tranflated into Englifh 194 Excerpt from Leah and Rachel, or, the two Fruitful Sisters Virginia, and Mary-land. Their Present Condition, Impartially stated and Related. By John Hammond 194 Excerpt from the writings of George Alsop 195 Excerpt from the journal of John Fontaine 195 Excerpt from a letter from John Clayton to Samuel Durrent 195 Excerpts from the diary of Robert Rose 195 Excerpt from the journal of Doctor Thomas Walker 195 Excerpt from Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America, in the Years 1759 and 1760. By Andrew Burnaby 196 Excerpts from the diaries of George Washington 196 Excerpt from A Tour in the United States of America. Containing an Account of the Present Situation of that Country. By John Ferdinand Dalziel Smyth 197 Excerpts from the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian 197 Excerpt from the journal of John Harrower 198 Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Robert Honyman 198 Excerpt from Travels in North-America, in the Years, 1780, 1781, and 1782, by the Marquis de Chastellux. By Marquis de Chastellux 198 New England Excerpts from A Trve Relation of the Moft Profperous Voyage Made this Prefent Yeere 1605, by Captaine George Waymouth, in the Difcouery of the land of Virginia. By James Rosier 199 Excerpt from A Description of New England. Or the Observations, and Discoueries of Captain Iohn Smith (Admirall of that Country) in the North of America, in the Year of Our Lord 1614. By John Smith 199 Excerpts from the journal of the plantation at Plymouth. By George Morton(?) 200 Excerpts from the diary of Samuel Sewall 200 Account of a freakish fishing accident, Boston News-Letter, 1712 200 Excerpts from the diary of Joshua Hempstead 201 Advertisement for fishing equipment, Boston News-Letter, 1714 201 Excerpt from the diary of Cotton Mather 201 Excerpt from the journal of James Jeffry 201 Accounts of fishing accidents, Boston News-Letter, 1731 201 Account of a fishing accident, Boston News-Letter, 1732 202 Account of a fishing accident, Boston News-Letter, 1733 202 Account of a fishing accident, Boston News-Letter, 1734 202 Excerpt from Harvard College law 202 Excerpts from the diary of Ebenezer Parkman 202 Excerpt from the journal of Francis Goelet 203 Excerpt from the diary of John Adams 203 Excerpts from the diaries of John Rowe 204 Excerpt from Yale College law 208 Excerpt from the orderly book of William Coit 208 Excerpts from the journal of John Joseph Henry 209 Excerpt from the journal of Abner Stocking 209 Excerpts from the journal of Joseph Joslin, Jr. 209 Excerpt from Travels through the Interior Parts of America. By Thomas Anburey 209 Excerpts from the diary of Jeremiah Greenman 210 Excerpts from the diary of Benjamin Gilbert 210 New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Excerpts from Short Historical and Journal notes of Several Voyages Made in the four parts of the World, namely, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America. By David Pietersz de Vries 210 Excerpt from A Brief Defcription of New-York. Formerly Called New-Netherlands. By Daniel Denton 211 Excerpts from the journal of Rev. John Sharpe 212 Excerpt from Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America, in the Years 1759 and 1760. By Andrew Burnaby 212 Excerpts from the journal of James Kenny 212 Excerpt from The History of the Colony of Nova-Cæsaria , or New Jersey Containing, An Account of Its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, The Original and Present Constitution, and Other Events, to the Year 1721. With Some Particulars Since; and a Short View of Its Present-State. By Samuel Smith 212 Excerpt from memoirs of Ann MacVicar Grant 213 Advertisement for fishing equipment, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, 1773 213 Excerpt from the journal of Nicholas Cresswell 214 Excerpt from letter from William Parsons to Thomas Stretch 214 Excerpt from the journal of Bayze Wells 214 "Song for a Fishing Party near Burlington, on the Delaware, in 1776." By Jonathan Odell 214 Excerpt from the journal of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin 215 Excerpts from the diary of Jabez Fitch 215 Advertisement for fishing equipment, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1778 216 Excerpt from the writings of Luke Swetland 216 Excerpts from the journal of Henry Dearborn 216 Excerpt from the journal of Samuel Shute 216 Advertisement for fishing equipment, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1782 216 Excerpts from the autobiography of Philip van Cortlandt 217 Excerpts from the writings of Johann David Schoepf 217 Excerpts from the journal of Francesco dal Verme 217 Excerpts from the diary of Jeremiah Greenman 217 Other Locales Excerpt from the journal of Richard Mather 218 Excerpt from the writings of Father Jean Claude Allouez 218 Excerpts from the journal of Henri Joutel 218 Excerpts from the diary of Samuel Sewall 218 Excerpt from the journal of Father Paul de Ru 219 Excerpts from A Geographical History of Nova Scotia 219 Excerpts from the journal of Robert Rogers 219 Excerpt from the journal of Benjamin Mifflin 219 Excerpt from An Account of the First Discovery, and Natural History of Florida. By William Roberts 219 Excerpts from the diaries of George Washington 220 Excerpt from A Tour in the United States of America. Containing an Account of the Present Situation of that Country. By John Ferdinand Dalziel Smyth 220 Excerpt from the journal of Nicholas Cresswell 220 Excerpts from the journal of Du Roi the Elder 220 Excerpts from the journal of Henry Dearborn 221 Excerpts from the diary of Jeremiah Greenman 221 Excerpt from Travels through the Interior Parts of America. By Thomas Anburey 221 Excerpts from letters of Hessian staff officers 221 Excerpt from the journal of John Ledyard 222 Excerpt from the diary of John Adams 222 14 GYMNASTICS, RUNNING, AND WALKING 222 Gymnastics Excerpt from the diary of William Byrd 223 Excerpt from an account of a wedding 224 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 224 Excerpt from an advertisement for a St. Andrew's Day festival, Virginia Gazette, 1737 224 Excerpt from Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. By Benjamin Franklin 224 Excerpt from A Natural and Civil History of California. By Fray Miguel Venegas 224 Excerpt from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly 224 Excerpt from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 224 Excerpt from Reminiscences; Personal and Other Incidents; Early Settlement of Otsego County; Notices and Anecdotes of Public Men; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Matters; Field Sports; Dissertations and Discussions. By Levi Beardsley 225 Running and Walking Excerpts from New England's Prospect, A True, Lively and Experimentall Defcription of that Part of America, Commonly Called Nevv England. Difcovering the Ftate of that Countrie, Both as It Ftands to Our New-Come Englifh Planters; and to the Old Native Inhabitants. By William Wood 225 Excerpt from A Summer's Ramble, Through Ten Kingdomes, Occasionally Written by John Dunton, Citizen of London. By John Dunton 225 Proclamation of a running match by Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia 226 Excerpts from the diary of William Byrd 226 Resolution of the Yearly Meeting of the New England Society of Friends 226 Excerpt from an account of a wedding 227 Excerpt from The Natural History of North-Carolina. By John Brickell 227 Excerpt from horse racing advertisement, Virginia Gazette, 1737 227 Excerpt from an account about a St. Andrew's Day festival, Virginia Gazette, 1737 227 Excerpt from an advertisement about a fair and horse racing, Virginia Gazette, 1739 227 Advertisement for running matches, South Carolina Gazette, 1743 227 Advertisement for foot races, South Carolina Gazette, 1743 228 Advertisements for foot races, South Carolina Gazette, 1747 228 Excerpt from an advertisement for a fair, Maryland Gazette, 1747 228 Excerpt from Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. By Benjamin Franklin 228 Excerpt from the writings of J.C.B., French traveler 228 Account of a running match, Maryland Gazette, 1754 229 Excerpt from A Natural and Civil History of California. By Fray Miguel Venegas 229 Excerpt from the memoirs of Henry Timberlake 229 Excerpt from the writings of Joseph Doddridge 229 Excerpt from The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. By Thomas Hutchinson 230 Excerpts from the memoirs of Alexander Graydon 230 Excerpt from the diary of John Adams 230 Excerpts from Sermons to Gentlemen upon Temperance and Exercise. By Benjamin Rush 231 Excerpt from the writings of Philip Vickers Fithian 231 Excerpt from the memoirs of Tench Tilghman 231 Excerpt from the writings of John Long 232 Excerpt from The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger. By George Hanger 232 Advertisement for a foot race by women, [Rivington's] Royal Gazette, 1780 232 Excerpt from Reminiscences; Personal and Other Incidents; Early Settlement of Otsego County; Notices and Anecdotes of Public Men; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Matters; Field Sports; Dissertations and Discussions. By Levi Beardsley 232 SportsDocs Volume 1 Part I Contents Continued Go to Academic International Press Home Page

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