1 page, folio, 371 x 320 mm, accomplished in manuscript, with paper seal, creased from folding, a few tiny holes along creases occasionally repaired or touching text, some soiling. 

A military land grant issuing 400 acres northwest of the Ohio River between the little Miami and Sciota Rivers to Robert Jouitt (1756-1796), who served as Lieutenant, "in consideration of military service...to the United States, in the Virginia line on Continental Establishment, and in pursuance of an Act of the Congress of the United States." Jouitt fought at the Battles of Monmouth and Brandywine, and was a Valley Forge under Washington, and was ultimately promoted to Captain. The Virginia Military District comprised a nearly four-million-acre tract of land in the southwestern part of Ohio. State officials used land grants to reward veterans for their military service in lieu of payment. In order to promote recruitment, Washington offered tracts of land in exchange for three or more years of service to the Continental Army during the war.