Item Summary

Deed of sale transferring land at the Xe Huyub to Vicente Can (title in Spanish), dated May 12, 1797 with two Spanish endorsements, dated July 27, 1797 and Dec. 12, 1797. Includes descriptions and formalities of transfer.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land to Bicente Can : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1797 May 12].
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso214-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1797 May 12].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
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.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
This is one of 17 legal documents collectively titled "Documentos Sueltos," including nos. 201-218.
Binding Note
Unbound sheets.

Discovery Information

Subject
Can, Vicente
Quiché Indians—land tenure—Guatemala—18th century
Quiché language—Texts
Totonicapán (Guatemala)—History—18th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/90df71e3-78b5-4d72-974e-ea828a529a94/manifest