• Transcriptions of legal documents, [1780-1809].

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Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1780-1809].
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 187)
Extent:
  • 8 leaves : paper ; 21 x 15 cm.
Alternative:
  • Osario titulos
  • Quiche - Osario titulos
Spatial:
  • Guatemala
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Binding note:
  • Sewn booklet.
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:
  • 1780-01-01T00:00:00Z/1809-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Transcriptions of legal documents, containing the signature of Miguel Garcia Cabildo. The documents were originally laid inside paper covers labelled "Osario titulos." One or more of the documents concerns Pedro Osario, but it is unclear whether all the documents are related.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcjq085x348
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 187)
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Range label:
  • Logical
Contents:
  • 1. (p. 1-3) receipt for lands at Xe-Huyub, dated Sept. 28, 1780.
  • 2. (p. 3-4) receipt for lands at Xe Comento, dated Jan. 23, 1786.
  • 3. (p. 4-7) receipt for a garden plot and house, dated Sept. 30, 1786.
  • 4. (p. 8-9) receipt for lands at chu va Taq'ah, dated Dec. 20, 1787.
  • 5. (p. 9-10) house sale, dated Apr. 27 or 29, 1806.
  • 6. (p. 11) house sale, dated Mar. 25, 1808.
  • 7. (p. 13-15) unidentified document, dated Apr. 15, 1809.
Contributor:
  • Osario, Pedro
  • García, Miguel
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