Item Summary

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.

Descriptive Information

Title
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].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j67317593
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1849 Nov. 18].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 26 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
Barbachano y Tarrazo, Miguel 1807-1859
Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State).
Maya language—Texts
Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bff8d105-3187-4682-9baa-c9f88873727d/manifest