Land sale by Maria Paz to Juan Belasco : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1785 Aug.].

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
      [1785 Aug.].
      Linking notes
      Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
      Summary note
      Consists of a grant of 30 "cuerdos" of land from Maria Paz to Juan Velasco for 30 "tostones de plata."
      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. 213, 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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