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| - | + | “The Freshmen shall furnish Batts, Balls, and Foot-balls, for the use of the students, to be kept at the Buttery.” | |
| - | Rule 16, | + | Rule 16, “President, Professors, and Tutor’s Book,” volume IV. The list of rules is headed “The antient Customs of Harvard College, established by the Government of it.” |
| - | Conveyed to David Block, April 18, 2005, by Professor Harry R. Lewis, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Dr. Lewis adds, | + | Conveyed to David Block, April 18, 2005, by Professor Harry R. Lewis, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Dr. Lewis adds, “The buttery was a sort of supply room, not just for butter. Who is to say what the “Batts” and “Balls” were to be used for, but it is interesting that any bat and ball game could already have been regarded as ancient at Harvard in 1781.” |
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