August 7, 1834 newspaper notice in the <i>Daily National Intelligencer</i> of an ordinance restricting time and place of nine and ten pin bowling and of "any game in the likeness or imitation thereof"
<i>The Daily National Intelligencer</i> (Washington, D.C. newspaper)
<cite style="font-style:normal"> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="1834-08-07">August 7, 1834</span>). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-national-intelligencer-aug-07-1834-p-3/">AN ACT to restrict the playing at the game of Nine Pins.</a>". <i>The National Intelligencer</i>: 3.</cite>