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The Practical Joker Mungo Mackay and Boston Printer Battle
A dramatic tale of Boston prankster Mungo Mackay, famed for elaborate schemes against neighbors, as he tempts a printing office foreman into a midnight confrontation and exposes the town’s appetite for mischief. The episode climaxes with Mackay’s taunting laugh from the Exchange Coffee House window.
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Mungo
Mackay
Boston
Massachus Bay
River Charles
Great Western
Farneil Hall
Bunker Hill
Nutt
Ben Russell
Ben
Whiteler
Tris
John Nutt
Tam
Nutt Bates
John
Colman the Younger
Harvard University
Joha Nutt
Jackay
Old Ben Russel
Major Russel
Hercules
Boston Sentinel
Netherlands
Cotton
Waterloo
Europe
France
Boston Gazette
Dumourier
Russell
Jonathan
Fitz James
Roderick Dhu
Mongo Mackay
Exchange