Bunch-of-Grapes
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The Bunch-of-Grapes was a tavern located on King Street in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay. It served multiple functions in the life of the town, as one could buy drinks and meet friends, busine
Bunch of Grapes Tavern
Ohio Company of Associates
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The Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company, was a land company whose members are today credited with becoming the first non-Native American group to permanently settle west of the
Bunch-of-Grapes
…and General John Stark. In March, 1786, Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, Samuel Holden Parsons and Manasseh Cutler met at the tavern and formed the Ohio Company of Associates, which led to a contract being drawn up that sold about five percent of the State of Ohio to this group of Revolutionary War Veterans. This land was…
Rufus Putnam
20th-century artist’s impression of a pioneer wagon bound for the Ohio country in the late 1700s.