Item Summary

Autograph letter, written from Santa Maria. Letter states the two parties will not be able to meet because enemy soldiers are scattered throughout the forest. Leonardo Ku and Juan Marcos Carnal are mentioned.

Descriptive Information

Title
Caste War letter from Ignacio Pomol to Francisco Puc in Chan Chen, [1850, Feb. 28].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cf95jg30g
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1850, Feb. 28].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : paper ; 14 x 20 cm.
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.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Ku, Leonardo
Carnal, Juan Marcos
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/843f96b2-6887-4d6c-91c4-4dcae8283d09/manifest