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In the late 1880's Moses Stevens connected the Marland Mills - one in Andover, one in Haverhill, and one in North Andover - by telephone. This was the first telephone in Andover. Moses Stevens had bought Marland Mills from Abraham Marland in 1879.
William H. Foster, - 1941, was the editor of two magazines: ''National Sportsman'' and ''Hunting and Fishing''. He was a pioneer in the development of skeet shooting and in his later life he painted bird dogs,  The Purina Top Coverdog of the Year Award is presented in his honor.


In the 1958 dial telephones came to Andover.  The first exchange was Greenleaf (475).  Andover originally had a 617 area code.  It was first changed to 508 and finally to 978 in 1977.


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* [http://preservation.mhl.org/71-chestnut-steet 71 Chestnut Street (Andover Historic Preservation)]


[[File:Telephone.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Page from the 1904 Andover telephone directory.]] from the Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1933
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* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=103693&t=historical%20sketches%20of%20andover&tp=title&d=0&hc=7&rt=title ''Historical Sketches of Andover''] by Sarah Loring Bailey, (974.45 Bai), p.590
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=andover%20a%20century%20of%20change&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=2&rt=keyword''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), pages 84 and 147.
* "Area Code Changing Again", ''The Townsman'', July 24, 1997.
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William H. Foster, - 1941, was the editor of two magazines: National Sportsman and Hunting and Fishing. He was a pioneer in the development of skeet shooting and in his later life he painted bird dogs, The Purina Top Coverdog of the Year Award is presented in his honor.


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