Details

Subject(s)

• Land tenure—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century [Browse]
• Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century [Browse]
• Maya language—Texts [Browse]
• Kanxoc (Yucatán, Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

• Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Deeds—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]

Contained in

• Multi-title collection including Deed from Ignacio Guerrero of Valladolid for a paraje called Xluch sold to Joseph Gomez : Yucatán, and 12 other(s).
• Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.

Compiled/​Created

[1811 Oct. 16].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Deed of sale transferring land in Kanxoc, Yucatán. No names identified.

Notes

• "Documentos en Lenga Maya, 1712-1876" and "15-28"--Written in pen on cover.
• "Maya Documentos - Ms."--Written in pen on tape spine.

Binding note

In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Language note

In Yucatec; with some Spanish.

Provenance

Previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Source acquisition

Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.

Cite as

Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 21, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Documentos en lenga Maya, 1712-1876
• Maya documentos - Ms.

In

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
• Multi-title collection including Deed from Ignacio Guerrero of Valladolid for a paraje called Xluch sold to Joseph Gomez : Yucatán, and 12 other(s).

OCLC

57525343

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