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| What later became known as Abbot Academy was incorporated as the Abbot Female Academy on February 26, 1829. It was the first school dedicated to the the higher education of girls. Miss Sarah Abbot was the founder of the school. It merged with Philips Academy.
| | The Flints were the children of Mr. Tyre, founder of the Tyre Rubber Company. Their uncle in England, Sir John Musgrove, left his estate to the family. The Flints bought the Elm Hotel, tore it down, and built the Musgrove Building in 1894. At the time, it was referred to as a "modern commercial building." |
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| * [http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12029A6B69X21.66938&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!81965~!3&ri=3&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=abbot+academy&index=.ET&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=3#focus ''Abbot Academy, Andover Massachusetts'']by Abbot Academy, Andover Room R 376.9 Abb (pamphlet box 4)
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| * [http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12029A6B69X21.66938&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!340079~!5&ri=3&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=abbot+academy&index=.ET&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=3#focus ''Academy Sketches 1892 - 1912'']by Katharine Roxanna Kelsey, Andover Room R 376.9 Kel | | *"Arch changes corner into welcoming entrance", ''Eagle Tribune'', June 30, 1996. |
| * [http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12029A6B69X21.66938&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!438629~!6&ri=3&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=abbot+academy&index=.ET&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=3#focus ''Journal of and Abbot Academy Girl 1874 - 1876'']by Harriet Chapell Newcomb, Andover Room R 376.9 New
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| * Downs, Annie Sawyer. "Abbot Academy." ''New England Magazine'' February 1886, page 136 - 151
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| * [http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12029A6B69X21.66938&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!378415~!1&ri=3&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=abbot+academy&index=.ET&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=3#focus A Singular School: Abbot Academy, 1828 - 1973] by Susan McIntosh Lloyd, Andover Room R 376.9 Llo
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The Flints were the children of Mr. Tyre, founder of the Tyre Rubber Company. Their uncle in England, Sir John Musgrove, left his estate to the family. The Flints bought the Elm Hotel, tore it down, and built the Musgrove Building in 1894. At the time, it was referred to as a "modern commercial building."
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- "Arch changes corner into welcoming entrance", Eagle Tribune, June 30, 1996.
--Kim 12:13, December 22, 2011 (EST)
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