Details

Subject(s)

• Dzul, Vicente [Browse]
• Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—19th century [Browse]
• Maxcanú (Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Related name

• Ake, Julian [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

[1851 June 19].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Deed of sale transferring land in Maxcanú, Yucatán to Vicente Dzul from the Municipal government of Maxcanu. Signed by Julian Ake.

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

Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.

Provenance

"Habitado para el Bienio de Mil Ochocientos Cincuenta y Mil Ochocientos Cincuenta y Uno, Joaquin Castellanos" "Administracion del Papel Sella" and "Sello Quinto Vale Medio Real, En Merida a 1.o de Mayo de 1851"--Stamps on p. [2]; 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. 27, 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

54749869

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