• Recognition of a sale of land : Mexico, [1802-1814].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1802-1814].
Subject:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 31)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 6 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
Type:
  • Legal documents
  • Paper
Description:
  • "Monarch. Hisp. Rex. Ferd. VII D.G. F.T. CONST." "In quartillo, sello quarto: Un Quartillo: Anos de Mil Ochocientos Catorce y Quince"--Stamps on p. [1] and [4].
  • "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York"--Written in pencil on cover.
  • "Documentos en Lenga Maya, 1712-1876" and "15-28"--Written in pen on cover.
  • "Maya Documentos - Ms."--Written in pen on tape spine.
Title sort:
  • Recognition of a sale of land : Mexico, [1802-1814].
Alternative:
  • Documentos en lenga Maya, 1712-1876.
  • Maya documentos - Ms.
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in Spanish with some Yucatec.
Binding note:
  • In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.
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.
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Former owner:
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1802-01-01T00:00:00Z/1814-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Document by Maria Tuyu, recognizing the sale of land called Tzec by her deceased husband, Juan Balam, to his father, Josef Balam. Documents dated 1802-1803 and July 13, 1814. Place unknown.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/2v23vz22g
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 31)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 31)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
Creator:
  • Tuyu, Maria
Author:
  • Tuyu, Maria
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