Andover Bookstore / Andover Press

• Andover's First Printing Press was set up in 1798 by Ames and Parker

• In 1809 Deacon Mark Newman became the bookseller to Phillips Academy. His bookstore was located on the first floor of the Andover Theological Seminary.

• In 1813 Dr. Eliphalet Pearson moved the printing press to the second floor of Newman's building.

• The Andover Press and the Andover Bookstore evolved together.

See

• History of the Andover Bookstore
• Andover, What It Was, What It Is. : 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946, 974.45 And, eighth section Andover's Industries and Business Houses

--Eleanor 16:40, February 8, 2006 (EST)

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