Item Summary

Deed of sale transferring land from Diego Ton in Mexico, town name unknown.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land by Diego Ton : Mexico, [1750].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5999n7203
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1750].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : 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
"Documentos en Lenga Maya, 1712-1876" and "15-28"--Written in pen on cover.
"Maya Documentos - Ms."--Written in pen on tape spine.
Binding Note
In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Land tenure—Mexico—18th century
Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—18th century
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/715ddd8b-1283-4877-8ebf-6192254d6a29/manifest