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

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
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Language:
  • Mayan languages
Creator:
  • Yama, Augustin
Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 38-63)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 2 leaves : paper ; 16 x 11 cm.
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Subject:
  • Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State)
  • Maya language—Texts
  • Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855
  • Letters—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
  • Correspondence—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
  • Paper
Title sort:
  • Caste War letter from Captain Augustin Yama to Marselino Pas, priest in Tihosuco, [1848 Oct. 24].
Alternative:
  • Guerra de Castas
Spatial:
  • Mexico
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.
Author:
  • Yama, Augustin
Created:
  • 1848-01-01T00:00:00Z/1024-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date:
  • [1848 Oct. 24].
Abstract:
  • 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.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/wd376112j
Location:
  • HSVM C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 38-63)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 38-63)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Type:
  • Letters
  • Correspondence
  • Paper
  • Texts
Range label:
  • Logical
Text language:
  • Text in Yucatec.
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Former owner:
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Contributor:
  • Pas, Marselino
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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