In this post I am going to be dumping references to bagatelle from some newspapers. Many of these clips I'll later sift into the more overarching posts on this topic. (will this post disappear if I integrate stuff into older posts on these topics? Unsure...)
Below the cut you'll find information on bagatelle, russian billiards, bar billiards, etc
Doing a search through New York Historic Newspapers, the earliest mention of bagatelle to mean a game (on that site) seems to be 1819.
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| 1819-08-17 Lansingburgh Gazette (if I go to your house and you have bagatelles and aeolian harps, I'll be very impressed) |
