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Josiah Pierce letter on college pranks, Brunswick, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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G.W. Pierce on Bowdoin prank, ca. 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Brunswick; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They sang songs, wrote poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and entertained the locals. They played baseball and tug of war, and held…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… was also a decrease in the popular Fourth of July prank of tipping over outhouses, although many other practical jokes survived the new technology…"