Details

Subject(s)

• Quiché Indians—land tenure—Guatemala—19th century [Browse]
• Ladino (Latin American people)—Land tenure—Guatemala—19th century [Browse]
• Quiché Indians [Browse]
• Quiché language—Texts [Browse]
• Totonicapán (Guatemala)—History—19th 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—19th 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

[1808 May 29].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Sale of lands for 140 and 183 pesos, mentions penalties (prison, fines, etc.).

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. 217, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Place name(s)

Guatemala.

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

60355117

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