Andover
a town in Essex co., Mass.; on the Merrimac river and the Boston and Maine railroad; 23 miles N. of Boston. It is widely known as the seat of the Phillips Academy for boys, and the Abbot Academy for girls, formerly also the Theological Seminary, and has manufactories of flax, shoes and woolen goods, a National bank, Memorial Hall and school libraries, and a property valuation of over $4,000,000. Harriet Beecher Stowe lived here many years, and it is the birthplace of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. Pop. (191) 7,301; (1920) 8,268.