Item Summary

Ms. is a deed of sale dated 23 January 1789, labeled "Carta de Dentail hun xothe(?) lamil selar".

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land : Ticul (Mexico) [23 January 1789].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/b8515s229
Language
Central American Indian languages
Date Created
[23 January 1789].
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
A Than Canul.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Binding Note
In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Land tenure—Mexico—18th century
Yucatec language—Texts

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e96ab155-325e-4c19-bc2f-d56a7dcdf266/manifest