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Caste War letter from Jose Albino May to Comandante Francisco Puc in Chan Chen, [ca. 1850].
[ca. 1850].
Autograph letter, written from Yumchen. Request for supplies and reinforcements.
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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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- People
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- Author
- May, Jose Albino
- Related Name
- Puc, Francisco
- Language
- Mayan languages
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Item Summary
Autograph letter, written from Yumchen. Request for supplies and reinforcements.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Caste War letter from Jose Albino May to Comandante Francisco Puc in Chan Chen, [ca. 1850].
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/n009w611g
- Language
- Mayan languages
- Date Created
- [ca. 1850].
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 1 leaf : paper ; 16 x 22 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
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Mesoamerican Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0e1cb755-2f99-4491-9999-b3f00e2a9a52/manifest