Item Summary

Deed of sale transferring land between Juan Vicente Santiago of Momostenango and Franco Solano, dated Oct. 29, 1812, with Spanish endorsements dated Apr. 2, 1813 and Feb.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land from Juan Vicente Santiago : Momostenango, Guatemala, [1812 Oct. 29].
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso218-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1812 Oct. 29].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 22 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
Quiché Indians—land tenure—Guatemala—19th century
Ladino (Latin American people)—Land tenure—Guatemala—19th century
Quiché Indians
Quiché language—Texts
Momostenango (Guatemala)—History—19th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d15d5829-c53c-4a68-8c97-18422c1a8e2b/manifest