Unlocked: History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 12: The Naylor Bowling Ball, 1670-1700
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Colonial Boston Bowling Ball - A Very Interesting Paper Trail
We don't know who made it. It could have been any number of carpenters, shipbuilders, house builders. But it was found at an achaeo ical site commonly called the cross street back lot site. And we actually happen to know a great deal about the person who probably owned and used this bowling ball.
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