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* The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation.   
The first town meeting of record in Andover was held in January 1656 to clarify land ownership.  Dudley Bradstreet, son of Anne and Simon, was Andover's first town clerk.
* In 1895 John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
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** A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. [http://andoverma.gov/about/250th.php Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner]
Memorial Hall Library holds microfilm, audio, video and written transcripts of Andover Town Meetings.  <br>
** The new town seal was adopted at the annual Town Meeting on March, 5, 1900.
* Microfilm - 1657 to 1998
* 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.
* Printed - 1656 - 2011
 
* Audio - 1986 -
 
* Video - 1996 -
 
* DVD - 2007 -
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Location of Town Meeting materials in the library:
*Some written transcripts are found in the Andover Room.
*Earlier audio and video are found in the Andover Room.
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* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1VO23D1142234.6117&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=andover+a+century+of+change&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188
*"Early Andover: Of wine, whiskey and winter," ''Andover Townsman'', December 6, 2012, page 14.
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11O4HC2618187.103035&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=fuess&index=.AW&term=symbol&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus Andover: Symbol of New England], by Claude Moore Fuess,(974.45 Fuess), page 373
* ''Andover Room Holdings'' notebook, page 79
* "Sealed with Historical Inaccuracies" Andover Townsman, February 1, 2007
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=andover%20town%20meeting&ft=&l=5&d=1&f=at  Andover Town Meeting materials.]
* "New Town Seal," Andover Townsman, March 9, 1900
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11389I5VR6171.20174&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=33&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.ET&term=townswoman%27s+andover&aspect=subtab783&x=2&y=8#focus ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11N4354QR9234.103672&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!777748~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=town+and+city+seals+of+massachusetts&index=.ET&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=1#focus ''Town and City Seals of Massachusets''], by Allan Forbes (929.9 For volume 2), page 6
* Andover Vertical File - Government - Town Seal
* There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976


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Revision as of 15:34, 11 October 2014

The first town meeting of record in Andover was held in January 1656 to clarify land ownership. Dudley Bradstreet, son of Anne and Simon, was Andover's first town clerk.

Memorial Hall Library holds microfilm, audio, video and written transcripts of Andover Town Meetings.

  • Microfilm - 1657 to 1998
  • Printed - 1656 - 2011
  • Audio - 1986 -
  • Video - 1996 -
  • DVD - 2007 -


Location of Town Meeting materials in the library:

  • Some written transcripts are found in the Andover Room.
  • Earlier audio and video are found in the Andover Room.



See

  • "Early Andover: Of wine, whiskey and winter," Andover Townsman, December 6, 2012, page 14.
  • Andover Room Holdings notebook, page 79
  • Andover Town Meeting materials.



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