Dresden, Lincoln Co, Maine Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. 8 November 1920 No. 3 page 135 On a beautiful August day of the present year the editor of the journal enjoyed a pleasant auto ride with Hon. William L. Bonney of Bowdoinham, Maine, and Prof. Bertram E. Packard, superin- tendent of schools at Sanford, Maine. We passed over much of the territory that was the ancient town of Pownalboro, the present town of Dresden being an important part of it. There we visited the court house (see journal, Vol. V11, P. 175), and saw the place where John Gardiner lived and practiced law when he represented Pownalboro in the Massachusetts legislature. We were during the entire day on historic ground of Revolutionary times, passed the old Mustard and, Peacock taverns and many other points and places of interest to the antiquarian. Dining that evening at " The Oakland's," the historic old Gardiner mansion with a most delightful host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. William Tudor Gardiner, was also a most delightful feature of a delightful day. Mr. Gar- diner is a direct descendant of Dr. Silvester Gardiner. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.