Item Summary

Autograph letter written at Cancunul, Yucatán. A complaint, telling what the Yucatecan troops are doing to the Indians. The three addressees are identified as a commission, and Gala is identified as "fray."

Descriptive Information

Title
Caste War letter from Captain Sebastian Tus and Captain Isidoro Tus to Jose Gregorio Gala, Antonio Garsia, and Jose N. Baeza : Cancunul, Yucatán, [1849 Nov. 26].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gx51z
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1849 Nov. 26].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : paper ; 31 x 21 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/fe0cd27e-55dc-48b8-8ea3-0c38f5ea879b/manifest