• Caste War letter, [1850, Jan. 7].

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [1850, Jan. 7].

Subject:

• Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State).
• Maya language—Texts
• Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855
• Indigenous Studies

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9935186463506421

Extent:

• 1 leaf : paper ; 22 x 16 cm.

Alternative:

• Guerra de Castas

Spatial:

• Mexico

Relation:

• 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).

Text language:

• Text in Yucatec and Spanish.

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/1850-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Autograph letter asking another group to join forces with the author.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/qr46r464k

Exhibit Tags:

• Yucatec

Genre:

• Letters Mexico Yucatán (State) 19th century.
• Manuscripts, Maya 19th century.
• Paper.
• Correspondence Mexico Yucatán (State) 19th century.
• manuscripts (documents)