• 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].

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Robert Garrett
• Digitized Manuscripts
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• Indigenous Cultures

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [1849 Nov. 18].

Subject:

• Barbachano y Tarrazo, Miguel, 1807-1859
• Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State)
• Maya language—Texts
• Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855
• Letters—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century
• Paper
• Correspondence—Mexico—Yucatán (State)—19th century

Language:

• Mayan languages

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9935194493506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 38-63)
• Electronic Resource

Extent:

• 2 leaves : paper ; 26 x 21 cm.

Type:

• Letters
• Paper
• Correspondence
• Texts

Title sort:

• 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].

Alternative:

• Castas de Indios

Spatial:

• Mexico

Relation:

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s

Text language:

• 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.

Donor:

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961

Former owner:

• Gates, William, 1863-1940

Created:

• 1849-01-01T00:00:00Z/1030-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• 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.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/j67317593

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:

• Chan, Florentino

Author:

• Chan, Florentino

Contributor:

• Garsia, Jose Antonio
• Gala, Jose Gregorio
• Baesa, Jose Nicholas

Available online:

• Digital content