Land grant to Ramon Gutierez Ean : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1778 Sept.].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Mayan languages
  • K'iche'
  • Spanish
Description
2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.

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Location Call Number Status Location Service Notes
Special Collections - Manuscripts C0744 Browse related items Reading Room Request
    Special Collections - Manuscripts C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 201-218) Browse related items Reading Room Request

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      Subject(s)
      Donor
      Former owner
      Rare books genre
      Getty AAT genre
      Contained in
      Compiled/​Created
      [1778 Sept.].
      Linking notes
      Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
      Summary note
      Grant of land to Ramon Gutierez Q'an, dated Dec. 11, 1773, with a Quichè endorsement dated Oct. 8, 1797.
      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. 210, 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).
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