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Tag: Marietta

Ipswich to Marietta, December 1787

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Gordon Harris
Wagon train leaving from Rev. Cutler's church in Ipswich, bound for Marietta

In December 1787, a group of Revolutionary War veterans and adventurers set out from Ipswich on an 800-mile journey through the wilderness by horseback and rafts to establish the first settlement in the Ohio Territory.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1787, December, Hamilton, Manasseh Cutler, Marietta, nathan dane, slavery

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