Caste War letter from Captain Augustin Yama to Marselino Pas, priest in Tihosuco, [1848 Oct. 24].

Author
Yama, Augustin [Browse]
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Mayan languages
Description
2 leaves : paper ; 16 x 11 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Recipient
Donor
Former owner
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Compiled/​Created
[1848 Oct. 24].
Linking notes
Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Autograph letter, written from Chikindzonot, Yucatan. Yama requests that the cura Don Marselino Pas come to Chikindzonot to perform "three sung masses," and indicates that the wine and host are available in the village, as are all the accoutrements of the mass.
Language note
Text in Yucatec.
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.
Cite as
Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 47, Manuscripts Division, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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
57525761
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