This collection (1861-1971) consists of 110 handwritten paper documents, 109 palm-leaf manuscripts and 1 notebook. It contains court documents (such as petition, summon, judgement etc.), land deeds (such as sale, lease and loan dealings such as buying and lending of land by perikaruppatteevar and others of ponhnhamangkalam village in Thirumangalam Taluk of Madurai District). It also contains documents concerning the details of financial transactions, of land tax and other receipts for cash issued towards payments made by the villagers of ponhnhamangkalam.
Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Collection consists of 110 handwritten and printed paper documents, 1 notebook and 109 handwritten palm leaf documents (117 palm-leaves).
Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1861-1971.
