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*According to tradition, the land comprising both the North and South Parishes of Andover was purchased from Cutshamachie, the Sagamore of Massachusetts, for six English pounds and a coat.  This event is commemorated in the town seal, which was officially adoped at the annual meeting on March 5, 1900.  It is generally believed that the new seal was designed by Leonard Sherman, a local artist, photographer and nature writer.  However, there were no Native Americans in New England tribes that ever wore such an elaborate headdress.
*The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation. 
*In 1895, John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land that was to become Andover from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
* A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. [http://andoverma.gov/about/250th.php Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner]
* For the Town's 350th anniversary, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room.  Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, was chosen. 


In 1993, Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance and foyer redesign project. The primary goal of the project was to return the building to a front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920's design. Local landscape architect Peter Hornbeck ( [[Hornbeck, Peter]]) designed the entrance and Andover architect Jane Griswold supervised the installation which included native plants and flowers, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.  
[[Image:Town_Seal.jpg|thumb|...''From 1/30/2014 Townsman''.... click to enlarge|left]]
[[Image:seal.jpg|thumb|...''Cocoanut and Decoration Day''.... click to enlarge|left]]


The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until  the summer of 1994. The Andover Historic Footprints Committee, led by Ann Constantine, Norma Gammon and Larry Lamagna raised more than $60,000 from private donations to ensure the completion of the work.
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In addition to the exterior work on the property, the library's front foyer was enhanced with decorative painting featuring a border with the names of New England authors and ivy vines. A plaque comemorating the Historic Footprints donors was mounted in the foyer at the time. 


A small delay in the completion of the project was reported on in the September 1, 1994 edition of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune. The delay was due to the fact that the granite curbing company delivered pieces that did not fit as they were supposed to. The final dedication for the new park landscaping and stonework as well as a newly renovated foyer was held on January 8, 1995. The foyer was dedicated to  Nancy Jacobson who served as Director of Memorial Hall Library from 1974 to 1993.


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*"New Town Seal," ''Andover Townsman'', March 9, 1900. [[Media:New_Town_Seal_ATM-1900-03.pdf]]
* "Sealed with Historical Inaccuracies," ''Andover Townsman'', February 1, 2007.
*"Andover's town seal tells many stories," ''Andover Townsman'', January 30, 2014, p. 7.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=andover%20a%20Century%20of%20Change&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=250279&t=Andover%3A%20Symbol%20of%20New%20England&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title Andover: Symbol of New England], by Claude Moore Fuess,(974.45 Fuess), page 373.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=266287&t=The%20Townswoman%27s%20Andover&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=777748&t=Town%20and%20City%20Seals%20of%20Massachusetts&tp=title&d=0&hc=2&rt=title ''Town and City Seals of Massachusetts''], by Allan Forbes (929.9 For volume 2), page 6.


Andover Townsman,'''Library Park Foyer Dedication''' January 1, 1995
* There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976.
 
 
Eagle Tribune Special Supplement, September 13, 1996.
Andover Townsman, "Andover's Biggest Parade Ever this Sunday," September, 12, 1996, page 1 and page 23.
Andover Townsman, "350th: It was the Parade of Parades," September 19, 1996, page 1 and page 35 through page 40
 
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[[Image:1993MHLFrontEntranceRedesignBrickFundraiser.jpg|thumb|...''Brick Fundraiser Flier''.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
 
 
 
 


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  • According to tradition, the land comprising both the North and South Parishes of Andover was purchased from Cutshamachie, the Sagamore of Massachusetts, for six English pounds and a coat. This event is commemorated in the town seal, which was officially adoped at the annual meeting on March 5, 1900. It is generally believed that the new seal was designed by Leonard Sherman, a local artist, photographer and nature writer. However, there were no Native Americans in New England tribes that ever wore such an elaborate headdress.
  • The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation.
  • In 1895, John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land that was to become Andover from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
  • A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner
  • For the Town's 350th anniversary, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room. Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, was chosen.
...From 1/30/2014 Townsman.... click to enlarge
...Cocoanut and Decoration Day.... click to enlarge



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  • There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976.


--Eleanor 12:39, July 13, 2007 (EDT)

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