• Deed of sale for land : Maxcanú, Yucatán, [1851 June 19].

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Robert Garrett
• Digitized Manuscripts
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• Indigenous Cultures

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [1851 June 19].

Subject:

• Dzul, Vicente
• Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—19th century
• Maxcanú (Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources
• Deeds—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
• Paper

Language:

• Spanish; Castilian
• Mayan languages

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934824363506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 15-28)
• Electronic Resource

Extent:

• 1 leaf : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.

Type:

• Deeds
• Paper
• Sources

Description:

• "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 : Maxcanú, Yucatán, [1851 June 19].

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:

• "Habitado para el Bienio de Mil Ochocientos Cincuenta y Mil Ochocientos Cincuenta y Uno, Joaquin Castellanos" "Administracion del Papel Sella" and "Sello Quinto Vale Medio Real, En Merida a 1.o de Mayo de 1851"--Stamps on p. [2]; 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:

• 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z/0619-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Deed of sale transferring land in Maxcanú, Yucatán to Vicente Dzul from the Municipal government of Maxcanu. Signed by Julian Ake.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/x346d8001

Location:

• HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 15-28)
• HSVM Electronic Resource
• ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 15-28)
• ELF1 Electronic Resource

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical

Contributor:

• Ake, Julian

Available online:

• Digital content