• Deed of sale for land : Dzitnup, Yucatán, [1798].

Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1798].
Subject:
  • Mut, Manuel
  • Poot, Jacoba
  • Poot, Esteban
  • Land tenure—Mexico—19th century
  • Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—19th century
  • Dzitnup (Yucatán, Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources
  • Deeds—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
  • Paper
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 30)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
Type:
  • Deeds
  • Paper
  • Sources
Description:
  • "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:
  • Deed of sale for land : Dzitnup, Yucatán, [1798].
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:
  • "Carolus IV D.G. Hispaniar Rex," "Un quartillo, Sello Qvarto, vn Qvartillo, Anos de Mil Setecientos Moventa y Ocho, y Noventa y Nveve," and "29," stamped in ink on p. [1]; 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:
  • 1798-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:
  • Deed of sale transferring land in Dzitnup, Yucatán from Jacoba Poot and Esteban Poot to Manuel Mut (referred to as "almehen").
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/9019s629j
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 30)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 30)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
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