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Caste War letter from Juan Carlos Tun to Comandante Norcisco Gomes in Chichimilà, [1850 Jan. 2].
[1850 Jan. 2].
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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- Author
- Tun, Juan Carlos
- Related Name
- Gomes, Norcisco
- Language
- Mayan languages
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Item Summary
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.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Caste War letter from Juan Carlos Tun to Comandante Norcisco Gomes in Chichimilà, [1850 Jan. 2].
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/fn1072776
- Language
- Mayan languages
- Date Created
- [1850 Jan. 2].
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 2 leaves: paper ; 28 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
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 4
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Mesoamerican Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/020e7546-ed9d-491f-9bab-3ba1af0e6637/manifest