Details

Subject(s)

• Land tenure—Mexico—18th century [Browse]
• Yucatec language—Texts [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

• Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Deeds—Mexico—18th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]

Contained in

• Multi-title collection including Deed from Ignacio Guerrero of Valladolid for a paraje called Xluch sold to Joseph Gomez : Yucatán, and 12 other(s).
• Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.

Compiled/​Created

[23 January 1789].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Ms. is a deed of sale dated 23 January 1789, labeled "Carta de Dentail hun xothe(?) lamil selar".

Binding note

In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Language note

In 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

A Than Canul.

Cite as

Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 19, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

In

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
• Multi-title collection including Deed from Ignacio Guerrero of Valladolid for a paraje called Xluch sold to Joseph Gomez : Yucatán, and 12 other(s).

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