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

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
  • Patron Requests
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1785 Aug.].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 201-218)
Extent:
  • 2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
Type:
  • Land grants
  • Paper
  • Unbound sheets (Binding)
  • Texts
  • Sources
Description:
  • This is one of 17 legal documents collectively titled "Documentos Sueltos," including nos. 201-218.
Title sort:
  • Land sale by Maria Paz to Juan Belasco : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1785 Aug.].
Alternative:
  • Documentos Sueltos
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Binding note:
  • Unbound sheets.
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:
  • 1785-01-01T00:00:00Z/0899-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Consists of a grant of 30 "cuerdos" of land from Maria Paz to Juan Velasco for 30 "tostones de plata."
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/db78tm27x
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 201-218)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
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