Details

Subject(s)

• Tzin, Francisco Peres San [Browse]
• Quiché Indians—land tenure—Guatemala—18th century [Browse]
• Quiché language—Texts [Browse]
• Totonicapán (Guatemala)—History—18th century—Sources [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Unbound sheets [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Deeds—Guatemala—18th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Contained in

• Multi-title collection including Deed of sale for land from Juan Vicente Santiago : Momostenango, Guatemala, and 16 other(s).
• Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.

Compiled/​Created

[1724 Feb. 15].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Deed of sale transferring land at Totonicapán from Francisco Peres San Tzin to an unidentified person. Also includes a later diposition of the same property.

Notes

This is one of 17 legal documents collectively titled "Documentos Sueltos," including nos. 201-218.

Binding note

Unbound sheets.

Language note

Text in K'iche' and 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. 206, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Place name(s)

Guatemala Totonicapán.

Other title(s)

Documentos Sueltos

In

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
• Multi-title collection including Deed of sale for land from Juan Vicente Santiago : Momostenango, Guatemala, and 16 other(s).

OCLC

60355107

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