Early 'ball' report in 1734 Colonial New York Newspaper

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10-07-2010, 09:44 AM

Tim Fritz

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I'm pretty sure that it's not an f, but a long s. If you look closely at the print the long s is not crossed like a normal f. I think it was just fancy (and very confusing) way of printing the letter s.

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