Details

Subject(s)

• Balam, Juan [Browse]
• Balam, Josef [Browse]
• Land tenure—Mexico—19th century [Browse]
• Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—19th century [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Legal documents—Mexico—19th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Contained in

• Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.

Compiled/​Created

[1802-1814].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Document by Maria Tuyu, recognizing the sale of land called Tzec by her deceased husband, Juan Balam, to his father, Josef Balam. Documents dated 1802-1803 and July 13, 1814. Place unknown.

Notes

• "Monarch. Hisp. Rex. Ferd. VII D.G. F.T. CONST." "In quartillo, sello quarto: Un Quartillo: Anos de Mil Ochocientos Catorce y Quince"--Stamps on p. [1] and [4].
• "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York"--Written in pencil on cover.
• "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

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. 31, 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

OCLC

1406993442

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