[Translation.]
extract from the work entitled “account of the province of the californias, in three letters, written by a priest, a member of the royal convent of preachers of valencia, to a friend. printed in valencia by de orga brothers. mdccxciv. with the necessary authority.”
[Valencia, MDCCXCIV]
List of the missions founded by the banished fathers, with mention of the year and of the benefactors.
| Year. | ||
| 1. | Our Lady of Loreto, founded by Don Juan Caballero y Osio. | 1698 |
| 2. | San Francisco Xavier, by the same | 1699 |
| 3. | Santa Rosalia Molexé, by Don Nicolas de Arteaga | 1700 |
| 4. | Los Dolores, by the congregation of Mexico | 1701 |
| 5. | S. Josef Comundú, by the Marquis de Villapuente | 1704 |
| 6. | Our Lady of Guadalupe, by the same | 1709 |
| 7. | La Purísima, by the same | 1713 |
| 8. | San Luis, by D. Luis Velasco | 1718 |
| 9. | Santiago, by the same | 1719 |
| 10. | S. Josef del Cabo, by the Marquis de Villapuente | 1725 |
| 11. | S. Josef del Cabo, by the Marquis de Villapuente | 1730 |
| 12. | S. Rosa, by Doña Rosa de la Peña. | 1731 |
| 13. | S. Francisco de Borja, by the Duchess of Gandia | 1757 |
Note.—S. Luis and Santa Rosa have been suppressed, but the latter was removed to Todos Santos. Likewise the mission of Los Dolores was suppressed, and the garrison of San Josef del Cabo served for the mission of Santa Gertrudis in the year 1746, and it still exists. (Second letter, pp. 48–49.)