Abbott, Amos
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* [http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1226328S29E50.1911&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=Massachusetts+chronology+documentary&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Massachusetts: A Chronology & Documentary History''] R747.4 Chr, page 39. | * [http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1226328S29E50.1911&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=Massachusetts+chronology+documentary&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Massachusetts: A Chronology & Documentary History''] R747.4 Chr, page 39. | ||
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- Born September 10,1786 - Died November 1868
- Lived in the Issac Abbott Tavern on Elm Street and later at 112 Main Street.
- Held many town offices, was a State Representative and Senator and a U.S. Representative (Whig) from 1843-1849
- He was the first president of the Andover Institution of Savings.
- Founder of the Boston and Portland Railroad (later the Boston & Maine Railroad).
- A portrait of Amos Abbot painted by Thomas Buchanan Read was presented to the Memorial Hall Library Board of Trustees in December 1982 when Mr. Abott was approximately fifty-five years old.
See
- Andover Historic Preservation 112 Main Street
- Andover Townsman Oct. 1892, Dec. 1893
- Massachusetts: A Chronology & Documentary History R747.4 Chr, page 39.
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