Caste War letter from Florentino Chan, Bonifasio Novelo, and Benancio Pec to Jose Antonio Garsia, Jose Gregorio Gala, and Jose Nicholas Baesa, [1849 Nov. 18].

Author
Chan, Florentino [Browse]
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Mayan languages
Description
2 leaves : paper ; 26 x 21 cm.

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Donor
Former owner
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Compiled/​Created
[1849 Nov. 18].
Linking notes
Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Autograph letter written at Rancho Sac auat [?] chen in Yucatan. Concerns negotiations between the two sides, setting forth conditions for peace, etc. Don Miguel Barbachano is mentioned.
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. 52, 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
57525781
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