Item Summary

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.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land : Chemax, Yucatàn, [1835, July 4].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 34)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/th83m316c
Language
Spanish
Date Created
[1835, July 4].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
8 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
"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.
Binding Note
In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Mayas—Land tenure—Mexico—19th century
Chemax (Yucatán, Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources
Chan, Santiago
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
16

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5ef3a03d-7bfe-4808-b835-760f2619adcd/manifest