Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Copia de cartas escritas por el P.P. Fr. Juan Crespi, missionero
appostolico ...
Collection Number: BANC MSS M-M 1847
Creator:
Colegio Apostólico de Propaganda Fide de San Fernando (Mexico City,
Mexico)
Extent:
Number of documents: 215 leaves in 1 oversise 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], Copia de cartas escritas por el P.P. Fr. Juan Crespi, missionero
appostolioco ..., BANC MSS M-M 1847, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
The collection contains transcript of fol. 231-293, Manuscritos de Indias ..., additional manuscript
13974 at the British Museum, which are copies of letters from Fathers Crespi, Serra and Palou, chiefly
to Father Juan Andres, Guardian, Colegio de San Fernando. It includes copy of letter from
José Francisco de Ortega to Father Palou and copies of letters from Father Rafael Verger,
Guardian, to the fiscal, Manuel Lanz de Casafonda.
These transcripts, concerning missions in Alta and Baja California, were made at British Museum, 1910, by
Robin Flower; corrections and additions by Henry Thomas, with explanatory letter to Henry Morse
Stephens.