Complex sentence: The interruption of the construction was rejected by many people in St. Augustine as the May 8,1676, a staff of Hita y Salazar sent a letter to the Crown complaining about the plans of his superior.
Split into simpler sentences: The interruption of the construction was rejected by many people in St. Augustine. So the May 8,1676, a staff of Hita y Salazar, he sent a letter to the Crown complaining about the plans of his superior.