Details

Subject(s)

• Noh, Pedro [Browse]
• Noh, Bernardino [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

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

Contained in

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

Compiled/​Created

[1828 Mar. 15].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Deed of sale transferring land named "X-luch" in Kuaua or Tahcavo, Yucatán to Pedro and Bernardino Noh (2 leaves). The separate folio is a bill of sale (carta de venta).

Notes

• "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York, 1828, 33"--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.
• "Tesoreria de Medida" "Dos Reales, Sello Tercero Bienio de Mil Ochocientos Veinte y Ocho y Mil Ocho-Cientos Veinte y Nueve, Del Estado Libre de Yucatan"--Stamp on p. 1 and 3.

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. 33, 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

57525559

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