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Tag: Manasseh Cutler

Ipswich to Marietta, December 1787

October 27, 2023January 1, 2025 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 History, StoriesTagged 1787, December, Hamilton, Manasseh Cutler, Marietta, nathan dane, slavery
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
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