Item Summary

Deed of sale transferring land in Maxcanú, Yucatán to Vicente Dzul from the Municipal government of Maxcanu. Signed by Julian Ake.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land : Maxcanú, Yucatán, [1851 June 19].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x346d8001
Language
Spanish
Date Created
[1851 June 19].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
Provenance
"Habitado para el Bienio de Mil Ochocientos Cincuenta y Mil Ochocientos Cincuenta y Uno, Joaquin Castellanos" "Administracion del Papel Sella" and "Sello Quinto Vale Medio Real, En Merida a 1.o de Mayo de 1851"--Stamps on p. [2]; 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
Dzul, Vicente
Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—19th century
Maxcanú (Mexico)—History—19th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b6f79c7c-ca0b-4f15-9a17-e4b4b0455e72/manifest