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Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Andover was originally settled in 1636 under the Native American name of Cochichawicke, a local waterway. The community was incorporated in 1646 as the Town of Andover, named after a town in England where many of its settlers had come from. andoverma.gov
Included in Andover are: Osgood District, Shawsheen Village, Abbott Village, Ballardvale, Frye Village, Haggatt, Lowell Junction Station, and Marland Village.
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA

"Security" Nipple
Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Mass.
Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA

Ask Your Druggist for Tyrian Rubber Goods
Because They Are Best
Tyer Rubber Company, Andover, Mass.
Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA

The Phillip's Inn, Andover, Mass.
(Harriet Beecher Stowe House on right)
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA

Waiting Room, Musgrove Building
The storefront at lower left served as a waiting room and transfer station for local trolley lines.
"The Musgrove Block is a historic commercial building at 2 Main Street in the center of Andover, Massachusetts. ... Read MORE...
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA

American Woolen Company Administration Building, Shawsheen Village, Andover, Mass.
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History and News of Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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1642 - Andover is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1646 - Andover founded
The original Andover, founded by Simon and Anne Bradstreet along with the Barker, Osgood, Stevens, Woodbridge and other families, broke into two... Read MORE...
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1845 - ANDOVER. [Pop. 5,207. Inc. 1646.]
The Indian name was Cochichewick, and that of Andover was given in remembrance of Andover in England, from which some of the first settlers... Read MORE...
1853 - THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT - LATER PARTICULARS.
Boston, Friday, Jan. 7.
Accounts from Andover this morning, state that General PIERCE and lady are now at the house of JOHN AIKEN at that place.... Read MORE...
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1854 - Andover
Andover, a post-township of Essex county, Massachusetts, 21 miles N. from Boston, and 16 miles N. E. from Salem. The town ship extends to the... Read MORE...
1857 - Watched People Search for Her
The Andover Mass. Advertiser tells a story of a woman belonging to that town, who had a falling out with her husband, and threatened to drown herself ... Read MORE...
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1859
ANDOVER, a town of Massachusetts, U. S., in the co. of Essex, 21 m. N of Boston; 16 NW of Salem. Pop. in 1820, 3,889; in 1830, 4,540; in 1840, 5,207. ... Read MORE...
1869 - The Congregationalists of this country have six theological seminaries,
in which are two hundred and forty-five students. Andover, Massachusetts, has the largest, and Oberlin, Ohio, the smallest. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 6, 1869
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Andover, Massachusetts 1890
Andover is a flourishing and delightful town of 5,711 inhabitants, 202 farms, 1,014 dwellings, and a valuation, in 1888, of $4,952,750. The rate of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Andover
Andover, a post-village of Essex co., Mass, is in Andover township, and on the Boston & Maine Railroad, 23 miles N. of Boston, and about 10 miles E.... Read MORE...
1906 - STUDENTS IN DISGRACE - Handle Innkeeper Roughly and Trouble is Brewing.
Andover, Mass. May 23. - Between 15 and 20 boys, students at the Phillips-Andover academy, will be expelled from school, it is announced, because of... Read MORE...
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1916
Andover, a banking post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Andover township (town), on tne Boston and Maine R., 23 miles N. of Boston and 10 miles E. of ... Read MORE...
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