| Index Entry | Actor, Quin, expected to give ball for ladies of town, offered ball of yarn |
| Location | London |
| Citation | PG-Y.778.011 28 Feb 1778:31 A story is told of Quin, the player, who had been to visit a friend at a little country town, that it would be expected he should give a ball to the ladies before he left the place. "Ay, ay, says Quin, I'll give them a ball, but it shall be a ball of worsted to mend their stockings." |
| Generic Title | Pennsylvania Gazette-York |
| Date | 1778.02.28 |
| Publisher | Hall and Sellers |
| City, State | York, PA |
| Year | 1778 |
| Bibliography | B0037552 |