ANDOVER

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ANDOVER , a township of Essex county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., pleasantly situated on the S. side of the Merrimac Valley. Pop. (1890) 6142; (1900) 6813; (1910, U. S. census) 7301. The Shawsheen river supplies power for a considerable manufacturing industry (twine, woollens and rubber goods being manufactured) in the villages of Andover, Ballardville and Frye. Andover, the principal

village

VILLAGE

, is about 23 M. N. of Boston and is served by the western division of the Boston & Maine railway and by interurban electric railways. The township is noteworthy for its educational institutions. Abbot

Academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

, opened in 1829, is said to be the oldest existing

academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

in the United States incorporated for the education of girls alone; an art gallery, given to the academy by Mrs John Byers, was opened in 1907. Phillips Academy, opened in 1778 (incorporated in 1780), was the first incorporated academy of the state; it was founded through the efforts of Samuel Phillips (17521802, president of the Massachusetts senate in 17851787 and in 17881801, and lieutenant-

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of Massachusetts in 18011802), by his father, Samuel Phillips (1715-1790), and his uncle, John Phillips (17191795), " for the purpose of instructing youth, not only in English and Latin grammar, writing, arithmetic and those sciences wherein they are commonly taught, but more especially to learn them the

great

GREAT

end and real business of living." It is one of the largest secondary schools in New England and en joys a wide and high reputation. An archaeological department, with an important collection in American archaeology, was founded by Robert S. Peabody and his wife in 1901. The Academy grounds include those occupied in 18081909 by the Andover Theological Seminary before its removal to Cam-bridge (q.v.). Andover was settled about 1643 and was incorporated in 1646, being named from the English town of Andover,

Hampshire

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

, whence some of the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

settlers had migrated; the first

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

was made in what is now the township of North Andover (pop. 5529 in 1910), which was separated from Andover in 1855. Simon Bradstreet (1603=1697), important among the early men of Massachusetts, was one of the founders; and his wife, Anne Dudley Bradstreet (16121672), was the first woman versifier of America; the Bradstreet

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

in North Andover, said to have been built about 1667, is still

standing

STANDING

. Andover was a prominent centre in the witchcraft trials of 1692. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward was born and lived for many years in Andover, and Harriet Beecher Stowe lived here from 1852 to 1864 and is buried here.
See S. L. Bailey, Historical Sketches of Andover (Boston, I88o) ; John L. Taylor, Memoir of Samuel Phillips (Boston, 1856) ; and Philena and Phebe F. M'Keen, History of Abbot Academy (Andover, 188o).

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