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 | | Ravenna was originally settled by Benjamin Tappan, Jr., in 1799. |
 | | There they built a dray, and with a yoke of oxen, which had been driven from the Connecticut river, and were found on his arrival, he conveyed a load of farming utensils to his settlement. |
 | | The unexpected delays upon the journey, and other hindrances, prevented them from raising a crop at this season, and they had, after the provisions brought with him were exhausted, to depend for meat upon their skill in hunting and purchases from the Indians, and for meal upon the scanty supplies procured from Western Pennsylvania. |
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