Descriptive Information

Title

Caste War letter from Jose Rufino Chan to Capt. D. Tomas Sum in Xcaium, [1850, Feb. 28].

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702qb20r

Language

Mayan languages

Date Created

[1850, Feb. 28].

Format

Manuscript

Extent

1 leaf : paper ; 13 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

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/125eb1c8-969a-4cd4-ab64-b0b0e87f3bce/manifest

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