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Caste War letter : from Jose Albino May to Gobernador D. Florentino Chan in Yumchen, [1850, Feb. 24].
Author
May, Jose Albino
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Mayan languages
Description
2 leaves : paper ; 21 x 16 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Mayas
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Wars
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Mexico
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Yucatán (State).
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Maya language
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Texts
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Yucatán (Mexico : State)
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History
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Caste War, 1847-1855
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Indigenous Studies
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Recipient
Chan, D. Florentino
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Donor
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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Former owner
Gates, William, 1863-1940
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Getty AAT genre
Letters
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Mexico
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Yucatán (State)
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19th century
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Paper
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Correspondence
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Mexico
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Yucatán (State)
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19th century
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Contained in
Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.
Multi-title collection including Caste War letter from Jacinto Pat to Jose Munigo Vasquez, and 25 other(s).
Compiled/Created
[1850, Feb. 24].
Linking notes
Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Letter from Jose Albino May, written by his secretary, Manuel. Requests additional supplies of powder and lead and mentions General Jose Rufino Chan at Chanchen. May advises Governor Chan that he has met the enemy at Sisbicchen.
Language note
Text in Yucatec.
Provenance
Previously from the Collection of Creso Carillo; later acquired 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.
Cite as
Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 40, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Place name(s)
Mexico Yucatán.
Other title(s)
Guerra de Castas
In
Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Multi-title collection including Caste War letter from Jacinto Pat to Jose Munigo Vasquez, and 25 other(s).
OCLC
57525732
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