"This collection of documents might be described roughly as an abstract of the town lands. The conservation of many old bills of sale of lands from one individual to another seems to be because these lands eventually came into the possession of the municipality of Ebtun. There are also many transfers of land from individuals to the town. ... The entire collection is an interesting source of information as to conditions of land ownership in eastern Yucatan during the 17th and 18th centuries."--From a table of contents of the documents, written by Ralph Roys.