"From an interview with Father Garcia, of the Saint Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, New Mexico." Submitted by Conway Ferguson, researcher for the survey, Santa Fe. 4 p. This is an English translations of a Spanish document about the donation and deed to the Catholic Church for the land at Our Lady of Light Chapel, in Santa Fe. Document tells that the land was originally purchased and owned by New Mexico Governor Don Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and his wife Dona Maria Ignacia Martinez y Ugarte (he governed New Mexico from 1754-1760). He had purchased it from Jacinto Pineda, also of Santa Fe, and there was a house on the property. The boundaries of the land are given. Purpose of their donation was to honor the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Light, and he ask her to protect them with a good life and death, as he leaves his post. He asked that a temple or church be built for the Virgin on the site and if there was enough land, in addition, that a home for the "recojidas," the gathered women, or a "beaterio" or convent for religious women be constructed there. Names of the judge and the witnesses, but no date or signature., 1909-1939

"From an interview with Father Garcia, of the Saint Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, New Mexico." Submitted by Conway Ferguson, researcher for the survey, Santa Fe. 4 p. This is an English translations of a Spanish document about the donation and deed to the Catholic Church for the land at Our Lady of Light Chapel, in Santa Fe. Document tells that the land was originally purchased and owned by New Mexico Governor Don Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and his wife Dona Maria Ignacia Martinez y Ugarte (he governed New Mexico from 1754-1760). He had purchased it from Jacinto Pineda, also of Santa Fe, and there was a house on the property. The boundaries of the land are given. Purpose of their donation was to honor the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Light, and he ask her to protect them with a good life and death, as he leaves his post. He asked that a temple or church be built for the Virgin on the site and if there was enough land, in addition, that a home for the "recojidas," the gathered women, or a "beaterio" or convent for religious women be constructed there. Names of the judge and the witnesses, but no date or signature., 1909-1939, Folder: 1. UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections.

"From an interview with Father Garcia, of the Saint Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, New Mexico." Submitted by Conway Ferguson, researcher for the survey, Santa Fe. 4 p. This is an English translations of a Spanish document about the donation and deed to the Catholic Church for the land at Our Lady of Light Chapel, in Santa Fe. Document tells that the land was originally purchased and owned by New Mexico Governor Don Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and his wife Dona Maria Ignacia Martinez y Ugarte (he governed New Mexico from 1754-1760). He had purchased it from Jacinto Pineda, also of Santa Fe, and there was a house on the property. The boundaries of the land are given. Purpose of their donation was to honor the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Light, and he ask her to protect them with a good life and death, as he leaves his post. He asked that a temple or church be built for the Virgin on the site and if there was enough land, in addition, that a home for the "recojidas," the gathered women, or a "beaterio" or convent for religious women be constructed there. Names of the judge and the witnesses, but no date or signature., 1909-1939, Folder: 1. UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections. https://nmarchives.unm.edu/repositories/22/archival_objects/155991 Accessed December 25, 2024.