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Caste War letter from Juan Carlos Tun to Comandante Norcisco Gomes in Chichimilà, [1850 Jan. 2].

[1850 Jan. 2].

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Autograph letter, written at the Hacienda X-Cancal. Tun demands elimination of the "contribusion publica," an institution of the same rate of payment for baptisms and marriages from whites as from Indians.
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Gomes, Norcisco
Language
Mayan languages
Subject
Mayas—Wars—Mexico—Yucatán (State).
Maya language—Texts
Yucatán (Mexico : State)—History—Caste War, 1847-1855
Indigenous Studies
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