Andover - Town Seal: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:58, 13 July 2007

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 from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
- The town adapted this design for the town seal. A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner
- The new town seal was adopted at the annual Town Meeting on March, 5, 1900.
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.

See

Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188
Andover: Symbol of New England, by Claude Moore Fuess,(974.45 Fuess), page 373
"Sealed with Historical Inaccuracies" Andover Townsman, February 1, 2007
"New Town Seal," Andover Townsman, March 9, 1900
The Townswoman's Andover by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2
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

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

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 *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 souvenir porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land from the Indians.
+* 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.
-**When Andover celebrated it's 250th anniversary in 1896, the town adapted this design for the town seal. A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. [http://andoverma.gov/about/250th.php Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner]
+**The town adapted this design for the town seal. A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. [http://andoverma.gov/about/250th.php Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner]
-** The design was adopted at the annual Town Meeting on March, 5, 1900.
+** The new town seal was adopted at the annual Town Meeting on March, 5, 1900.
 * 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.