• Deed of sale for land : Chemax, Yucatàn, [1835, July 4].

Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1835, July 4].
Subject:
  • Mayas—Land tenure—Mexico—19th century
  • Chemax (Yucatán, Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources
  • Chan, Santiago
  • Indigenous Studies
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 34)
Extent:
  • 8 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
Description:
  • "Estado de Yucatan" "Dos Reales, Sello Tercero, Bienio de Mil Ochocientos Treinta y Cuatro y Mil Ochocientos Treinta y Cinco, del Estado Libre de Yucatan"--Stamps on p. [2].
  • "Documentos en Lenga Maya, 1712-1876" and "15-28"--Written in pen on cover.
  • "Maya Documentos - Ms."--Written in pen on tape spine.
  • "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York, 1835, 34"--Written in pencil on cover.
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:
  • 1835-01-01T00:00:00Z/1835-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Deed of sale transferring land near Chemax, Yucatàn from Manuel Antonio Degado to Santiago Chan. This document also records previous sales of the property called "Siteuuc," located one league north of Chemax. The property was previously called "pic cuuc" (Nov. 1782). The titles of "batab" and "almehen" are frequently used. There are 3 separate numbering systems, one in contemporary brown ink (f. 1-8), one in modern pencil (f. 25-40), and one in modern red pencil (f. 34, 34/2-34/7). Pages 1-9 are in Spanish; p. 10-13 are in Mayan-Yucatec; p. 14-16 are in Spanish.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/th83m316c
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 34)
Creator:
  • Degado, Manuel Antonio
Author:
  • Degado, Manuel Antonio
Exhibit Tags:
Genre:
  • Deeds Mexico Yucatán (State) 19th century.
  • Paper.
  • History
  • Sources
  • manuscripts (documents)