Item Summary

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.

Descriptive Information

Title
Caste War letter from Captain Augustin Yama to Marselino Pas, priest in Tihosuco, [1848 Oct. 24].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wd376112j
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1848 Oct. 24].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 16 x 11 cm.
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.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c5f3c8cf-165a-431e-9a48-82e71bffcde8/manifest