Junípero Serra letter : Misión de San Carlos de Monterrey [Calif.], to Fr. Juan Sancho, Colegio of San Fernando, 1784 June 18.

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Junípero Serra letter : Misión de San Carlos de Monterrey [Calif.], to Fr. Juan Sancho, Colegio of San Fernando, 1784 June 18.

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Father Serra says in a short introductory paragraph that he expects that Fr. Sancho has received a copy of the text of his 11 May 1784 circular letter to all California missions concerning the death of Fray José Antonio de Murguía of the Santa Clara Mission, but he feels that Fr. Sancho deserves a personal letter concerning the passing of the friar. Serra begins by saying that he was at Santa Clara from 29 April until 2 May, on which day he said mass and later confirmed 143 children of the mission that Fr. Murguía, who was both priest and friar, had founded. The next day he confirmed another 59 children. Serra had visited Santa Clara to be present for the blessing of the new church, but that because things were a bit behind schedule he decided to go on to San Francisco, leaving Fr. Murguía in bed with a stomach ailment. He travelled with Gov. Pedro Fages and wife to San Francisco, where he confirmed another 23 children, planning on returning to Santa Clara in a short while for the blessing of the church. Instead, a few days after Serra's arrival in San Francisco, Fr. Tomás arrived with news of the seriousness of Fr. Murguía's "ailment." Father Palóu, who had accompanied Serra to San Francisco, hastened to return to Santa Clara and having learned upon arrival that Fr. Murguía had just made his confession, proceeded to administer the sacraments and shortly thereafter Extreme Unction. Serra then tells of his own arrival back at Santa Clara, his attendance at the burial, the many letters he then wrote, etc. He gives a glowing picture of the mission and the church, and has fine words to say of the life of Fr. Murguía and how the mission began and grew under his direction and because of his vision. Father Murguía died just four days prior to the dedication of his church on 15 May 1784.

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Serra, Junípero, 1713-1784

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Palóu, Francisco, 1723-1789

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Sancho, Juan, 1982-

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The parchment manuscript was probably copied by Juan Sancho on the island of Majorca around 1795-98. The mass is in the tradition harmonically and formally of music in the late 18th century classic style of Haydn and Mozart which was well known in Spain. Little is known about Juan Sancho. Many of the libraries and churches in the region of Spain from which he came (Majorca) were ransacked and destroyed in 1835. He was in Carmel for a short period of time and then went to Santa Barbara. ...