Item Summary

Deed of sale transferring land from Christoval Perez to Vicente Q'an, dated Dec. 25, 1797, with a Quichè endorsement dated Aug. 29, 1793.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land from Christoval Perez to Bicente Q'an : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1797 Dec. 25].
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/Garrett-Gates%20Mesoamerican%20Thumbnails/garrettgatesmeso215.jpg
Language
Spanish
Date Created
[1797 Dec. 25].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 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
Perez, Christoval
Q'an, Vicente
Quiché Indians—Land tenure—Guatemala—18th century
Ladino (Latin American people)—Land tenure—Guatemala—18th century
Quiché language—Texts
Totonicapán (Guatemala)—History—18th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/97734e01-e324-49d3-84f9-7f23307c2fcc/manifest