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William Edward Petty Hartnell (April 24, 1798 – February 2, 1854), later known by his Spanish name Don Guillermo Arnel, was a merchant, schoolmaster, and government official in California. He arrived in California in 1822 as a trader, where he married into the prominent Guerra family of California and became a Mexican citizen.
The diary and copybook of outgoing letters kept by Englishman William E.P. Hartnell during his two years as Visitador General for the California missions (1839-1840) provides notable insight into a somewhat obscure, but very important part of California history.
May 25, 2000 · William Edward Petty Hartnell was a significant hero who had a profound effect on not only Monterey County history, but California history as well. While he wasn’t one of the great political or war heroes from his era, his deeds earned him a special place of honor in history.
Lives of William Hartnell “To my children, may they gain impetus from the Past to Pioneer the Future,” is the dedication with which Mrs. Susana Bryant Dakin opened her book “The Lives of William Hartnell,” published by the Stanford University Press. The late Mrs. Dakin had been a frequent visitor to
Englishman Williara Edward Petty Hartnell arrived in Califomia in 1822, learned Spanish, went into business, married into a prominent Californio family of Santa Barbara, and became a ranchero. But he is best known as Visitador General of the Missions of Alta California, an appointment made by Govemor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1839. His task was to
William E. P. Hartneil, a California Patriarch By Sister Mary Wilma King* California was founded and settled by Spanish Catholics. Its background and culture, its place-names and festivals, reflect Catholicism. The laws of the Church forbidding Catholics to intermarry with non-Catholics were
The diary and copybook of William E.P. Hartnell, visitador general of the missions of Alta California in 1839 and 1840. Santa Clara, Calif: California Mission Studies Association. Hunt, R. (1909). Significant Events In The History Of California. Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, 8(1/2), 24-30.
