Land Warrant Document, Marietta, Northwest Territory

Very Good. Ephemera. Northwest Territorial land warrant document dated to May 1789 in Marietta, Northwest Territory. Reads: "S. S: Your land warrant was put into one of my shares of course you own 200 acres of land with me. Marietta May 10th, 1789" and is signed "R Oliver" (Colonel Robert Oliver) ; docketed on verso, reads: "Col Oliver for 200 Acres". Document is on a small sheet of paper measuring 8" x 2 ¼". Very good condition with ½" tear along one mailing fold and light toning. Marietta was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory and was established in 1788. Located along the Ohio River in the eastern part of what would become the state of Ohio (Ohio became a state in 1803). This legal document was written by Robert Oliver (1738-1811) , who was a captain in the Revolutionary War from Conway, Massachusetts. He rose to brevet Colonel by the end of the War and later became Adjutant-General of the Northern Army of the Americas. In 1788 he moved with the Ohio Company to open up the Northwest Territory, settling at Campus Martius, a civilian fortress at Marietta. He was a representative of the first Territorial Legislature, Lt. Colonel of the 1st Regiment of the Territorial Militia, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Justice of the Peace. A small but excellent piece of early Northwest Territory ephemera. .