• Land grant to Juan Basquez Sik' : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1779 Oct. 4].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
  • Patron Requests
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1779 Oct. 4].
Subject:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 201-218)
Extent:
  • 1 leaf : 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 grant to Juan Basquez Sik' : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1779 Oct. 4].
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:
  • 1779-01-01T00:00:00Z/1004-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Grant of land from Sebastian Cahchun to Juan Basquez Sik', choirmaster, dated Oct. 4, 1779. Also mentions 60 blows, 3 months prison, and 4 pesos fine.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/nv935b096
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 201-218)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
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