Item Summary

Transcriptions of legal documents, containing the signature of Miguel Garcia Cabildo. The documents were originally laid inside paper covers labelled "Osario titulos." One or more of the documents concerns Pedro Osario, but it is unclear whether all the documents are related.

Descriptive Information

Title
Transcriptions of legal documents, [1780-1809].
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 187)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso187-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1780-1809].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
8 leaves : paper ; 21 x 15 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. (p. 1-3) receipt for lands at Xe-Huyub, dated Sept. 28, 1780.
2. (p. 3-4) receipt for lands at Xe Comento, dated Jan. 23, 1786.
3. (p. 4-7) receipt for a garden plot and house, dated Sept. 30, 1786.
4. (p. 8-9) receipt for lands at chu va Taq'ah, dated Dec. 20, 1787.
5. (p. 9-10) house sale, dated Apr. 27 or 29, 1806.
6. (p. 11) house sale, dated Mar. 25, 1808.
7. (p. 13-15) unidentified document, dated Apr. 15, 1809.
Binding Note
Sewn booklet.

Discovery Information

Subject
Quiché Indians—land tenure—Guatemala—18th century
Quiché Indians—land tenure—Guatemala—19th century
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
18

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/928b380c-db3c-4f38-935e-33e69005cfc7/manifest