Mr. Fred W. Sanborn Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. 6 August September October 1918 No. 2 page 76 Mr. Fred W. Sanborn, the genial editor and publisher of the Norway (Maine) Advertiser, on of the live local weeklies of our state, during the month of June last past, made his annual fishing trip to Moose Head Lake. He autoed from Norway to the Piscat- aquis Exchange at Greenville Junction, and stopped over night at the Blethen House in Dover. He furnished the Advertiser with an interesting account of the journey, and the points of interest that attracted his attention along the way. We take therefrom the following: John F. Sprague, lawyer, historian and author, was found reading and marking proof sheets of Sprague's Journal of Maine History. It is printed at the Sentinel Office in Waterville and 1,600 copies are issued quarterly with some 1,400 annual subscribers and is on its sixth year. It has live to complete five volumes containing about 300 pages each. The volumes are carefully indexed and nicely bound and sell for $2.00 each. They are highly prized by those interested in the history of the State of Maine. I have a complete set. Volume one is difficult to get and sells for five dollars. I had four volumes sent to Don Seitz of New York and the first will go when it can be found. Judge Edgar C. Smith, former Judge of the Dover Municipal Court and collector of tombstone inscriptions and compiler of a bibliography of Maine maps, and Moses Greenleaf's papers and letters, was present. Ex-Congress- man Frank E. Guernsey dropped in and joined in a discussion of history, literature, politics and war, not omitting the recent postoffice upheaval at Dover and Foxcroft. (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.