Details

Subject(s)

• Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State). [Browse]
• Maya language—Texts [Browse]
• Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855 [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Recipient

• Berganza, Jose Maria [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

• Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Letters—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century [Browse]
• Correspondence—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century [Browse]
• Paper [Browse]

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

[1849 Oct. 30].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Autograph letter possibly from Benancio Pec, written from X Noh pim. Concerns the hardships of fighting and existing in the forest, and discusses bringing about the end of the war. Berganza is addressed as "el Comandante de La Dibision."

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. 51, 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)

Castas de Indios

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

57525778

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