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Caste War letter from B. P. to Jose Maria Berganza in Tixcacalcupul, [1849 Oct. 30].
Author
Pec, Benancio
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Mayan languages
Description
2 leaves : paper ; 20 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
Berganza, Jose Maria
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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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Correspondence
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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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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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