Item Summary

Land grant with endorsements. Consists of a grant of land to a boy, Pedro Baquiax, dated Dec. 11, 1773, with a Spanish endorsement dated Mar. 9, 1774. Also mentions certain penalties, to-wit, 50 blows, 7 days in prison, and 3 pesos fine; endorsed confirmation by the Alcalde.

Descriptive Information

Title
Land grant to Pedro Baquiax : Totonicapán, Guatemala, [1773 Dec. 11].
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso209-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1773 Dec. 11].
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
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—18th century
Land grants—Guatemala—Totonicapán—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/856c7c1c-07e9-4b88-b9ea-640ae15ce024/manifest