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In ''A Townswoman's Andover'', Bessie Goldsmith describes the Blunt Tavern, the Abbot Tavern, the Mansion House, the Locke Tavern, Traveler's Rest, the Elm House, and the Stowe House in detail, as well as giving a general overview of the tavern in the 1600 - 1800s.
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.


In the 1958 dial telephones came to Andover.  The first exchange was GReanleaf (475)


Deacon Isaac Abbot's Tavern, built around 1680, is at the intersection of Whittier and Elm Streets (70 Elm Street). It became a tavern in 1776. On November 5, 1789, George Washington breakfasted there while making a tour of the eastern states shortly after his inauguration.  
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* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=AW3993Y777531.1577&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=loring&index=.AW&term=historical+sketches+of+Andover&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Historical Sketches of Andover''] by Sarah Loring Bailey, (974.45 Bai), p.590
[[Image:Abbot's_Tavern.jpg|thumb|...''Abbot's Tavern''.... click to enlarge|left]]
* [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), pages 84 and 147.
 
[[Image:Deacon_Isaac_Abbot's_Tavern.jpg|thumb|...''Deacon Isaac Abbot's Tavern''.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
[[Image:Abbot's_Tavern_and_plaque.jpg|thumb|...Abbot's Tavern and historic plaque''.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
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*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=townswoman%27s%20andover&ft=&l=1&d=0&f= ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), pages 50-70.
* "George stopped here", ''Boston Sunday Globe'', February 19, 1995.
* "Homes tell stories of witches and wars", ''Eagle Tribune'', August 14, 1998.
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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.

In the 1958 dial telephones came to Andover. The first exchange was GReanleaf (475)

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