• Caste War letter, [1850, Jan. 7].

Date:
  • [1850, Jan. 7].
Range label:
  • Logical
Type:
  • Letters
  • Paper
  • Correspondence
  • Texts
Former owner:
  • Gates, William, 1863-1940
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Abstract:
  • Autograph letter asking another group to join forces with the author.
Title sort:
  • Caste War letter, [1850, Jan. 7].
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Subject:
  • 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
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/qr46r464k
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Extent:
  • 1 leaf : paper ; 22 x 16 cm.
Call number:
  • C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 38-63)
  • Electronic Resource
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Alternative:
  • Guerra de Castas
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
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.
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
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