• Caste War letter : from Jose Albino May to Gobernador D. Florentino Chan in Yumchen, [1850, Feb. 24].

Collections:
  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
  • Indigenous Cultures
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1850, Feb. 24].
Subject:
Language:
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Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 38-63)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 2 leaves : paper ; 21 x 16 cm.
Type:
  • Letters
  • Paper
  • Correspondence
  • Texts
Title sort:
  • Caste War letter : from Jose Albino May to Gobernador D. Florentino Chan in Yumchen, [1850, Feb. 24].
Alternative:
  • Guerra de Castas
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Text in Yucatec.
Provenance:
  • Previously from the Collection of Creso Carillo; later acquired 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.
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Former owner:
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Created:
  • 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z/0224-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Letter from Jose Albino May, written by his secretary, Manuel. Requests additional supplies of powder and lead and mentions General Jose Rufino Chan at Chanchen. May advises Governor Chan that he has met the enemy at Sisbicchen.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/05741w52s
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
Range label:
  • Logical
Creator:
  • May, Jose Albino
Author:
  • May, Jose Albino
Contributor:
  • Chan, D. Florentino
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