Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Alphabetical list
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Fernando Xavier de Rivera y Moncada Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1774-1781
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-A 368
Creator: Rivera y Moncada, Fernando Xavier de, d.1781
Extent:
Number of containers: 30 originals, 1 portfolio.
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fernando Xavier de Rivera y Moncada papers, BANC MSS C-A 368, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
This collection, assembled from various sources, including the T. W. Norris and Cowan Collections,
contains official letters and reports. mainly pertaining to Rivera y Moncada's military governorship of
California from 1774 to 1777. It includes correspondence (originals and contemporary copies) with Father
Serra, Anza and others. The papers have been arranged chronologically. A calendar and list of
correspondents is appended.
Alphabetical list
Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788
Folders no. 17-19
Bodega, Juan Francisco de la, 1743-1794
Folder 11
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio María de, 1717-1779
Folder 12
Cañizares, José de
Folder 6
Croix, Teodoro, Caballero de Croix, 1730-1791
Folder 21
Dávila y Rotea, José Joquín
Folder 11
Duarte, Alejo Antonio
Folder 10
Fages, Pedro, 1735-
Folders 3,
6-7
Fuster, Vicente, d. 1800
Folder 5
Góngora, José María de
Folder 5
Heceta, Bruno de
Folders 10-11
Jaume, Luis, d. 1775
Folder 5
Ortega, José Francisco.
Folder 13
Pérez, Juan
Folder 6
Pieras, Miguel
Folder 10
Rivera y Moncada, Fernando Xavier de, d. 1781
Folders 1-4,
6-11,
13-16,
18-20
Serra, Junipero, 1713-1784
Folders 10-11,
16
Soler, Juan
Folders 3,
6,
10-11