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hundred forty-two pesos. Since the subscribers to the fund made possiblC:" the erection of the first parish church in the State, they deserve to be remembered. It will be noticed that all contributions were not in cash. At the head of the list was Governor Prudencio Orobio y Basterra, two hundred pesos; followed by Bachiller Juan Recio de Leon, Curate, twenty- five pesos; Joseph de Urrutia, Captain of the Presidio, one hundred pesos; Manuel de Cruz, Alcalde, offered to contribute ten cartloads of rock; Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas, A lea/de, ten pesos; Juan Leal Goraz, Councilman, a lamb, one year old, valued at four pesos; Antonio de los Santos, Councilman, ten pesos; Juan Curbelo, Councilman, ten pesos; Juan Leal Alvarez offered ten fanegas of corn, which at two pesos each, was equivalent to twenty pesos; Vicente Alvarez Travieso, twenty pesos; Francisco Joseph de Arocha, ten pesos; Antonio Rodriguez offered twenty cartloads of rock; Joseph Leal. two fanegas of corn and a lamh seven months old, equivalent to four pesos; Patricio Rodriguez, ten pesos; Juan Delgado, ten pesos; Joseph Antonio Rodriguez, twenty pesos; Martin Lorenzo de Armas, one-year-old calf, equivalent to four pesos; Antonio Jimenez, a one-year-old calf, four pesos; Bernardo Joseph, a one-year-old calf, valued at six pesos; Mateo Perez, Lieutenant of the Presidio, a one-year-old calf, valued at eight pesos; Juan Galvan, Ensign, ten pesos; Asensio del Raso, sergeant, ten pesos; and the following soldiers: Manuel de Carbajal, two pesos; Juan Flores, one peso; Antonio Saucedo, one peso; Francisco Flores, four pesos; Lorenzo de Castro, two pesos; Nicolas de Carbajal, four pesos; Toribio de Urrutia, four pesos; Matias de la Cerda, four pesos; Luis Maldonado, two pesos; Pedro Conirillo, one peso; Francisco de Cadena, one peso; Cayetano Perez, four pesos; Jose Ladron, ten pesos; Sebastian Rincon, four pesos; Jose Jimenez, four reales; Jose Antonio Flores, one peso; Andres Fernandez, two pesos; Javier Perez, four pesos; Ignacio de Urrutia, ten pesos; Pedro de Urrutia, five pesos; Joaquin de Urrutia, two pesos; Miguel Nunez Murillo, thirty pesos; Gabriel Costales, Captain of Presidio de la Bahia, twenty-five pesos. The drive for funds was so successful, that on May II, 1738, the first corner stone, according to the official records, was laid with all cere- mony. During the blessing of the corner stone, a free will offering was collected, which when counted was found to amount to seventeen pesos and six reales.' 1
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UReport of Collectors, February 25, and May 11, I 738, Nacogdochls Archives, vol. I, pp. 71-74.
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