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In 1877, to improve her health, Harriet with her daughter Abby, a recent graduate of Stanstead Wesleyan College, (photo above) spent several months in Colorado where her brother was a rancher. Letters home were long and full of detail.

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Jessie Maud Colby, O.B.E.
1879
Stanstead, Québec

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Jessie attended Stanstead Wesleyan college and graduated in 1879, music, M.L.A.

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John Child Colby
1884
Stanstead, Québec

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John Child Colby was the younger son and youngest surviving child of Charles Carroll Colby and Harriet Hannah Child Colby. He was born in Stanstead 25 November 1873, and educated at Stanstead College.

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Charles William Colby, LL.D., D.C.L.
1880
Stanstead, Québec

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"Charles attended Stanstead Wesleyan College and McGill University. He graduated from McGill with highest honours in English and history and was awarded the Shakespeare gold medal. He received his M. A. from Harvard in 1889 and Ph. D. in 1890."
The Stanstead College Story by Joan MacDonald

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Stanstead College Gymnasium
1894
Stanstead, Québec

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As per the minutes of a board meeting on August 15, 1894
"Referring to the proposition of the young men to fix up the College grounds for athletic purposes the following resolution moved by Hon. C.C. Colby… was carried. 'That permission be given the young men who have in hand the formation of athletic goals on the College property to carry out their plans."
The Stanstead College Story by Joan MacDonald

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Carrollcroft, breakfast on the verandah
1897
Stanstead, Québec

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A Complete Education
"In Stanstead and Derby line, in stately, beautiful homes with spacious lawns and lovely gardens, lived a number of the most friendly and hospitable families imaginable: Colbys, Stevens, Butters, Pierces, ... To those wonderful homes the students were frequently invited for teas, suppers and even breakfasts, thereby finding themselves at ease in such richly furnished drawing-rooms and gaining the so very important social graces."
Diary of a Student, Murray G. Brooks, 1902-04

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Let There Be Light!
1899
Stanstead, Québec

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"The College is now brilliantly illuminated with electricity and all the residents are rejoicing in the new light... The introduction of the electric light into the college is due to the generosity of the trustees and other friends, stimulated by the interest and efficient efforts of the Hon. C. C. Colby, who practically took the matter in hand and carried it through."
The Stanstead Journal
February 9, 1899

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Holmes Model School
1902
Stanstead, Québec