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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.
Rancho El Alisal was a 8,912-acre (36.07 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California, given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to the brothers Feliciano and Mariano Soberanes and to William Edward Petty Hartnell. [1] Alisal means Alder tree (sycamore) in Spanish.
Rancho Cosumnes (also called "Rancho de Hartnell") was a 26,605-acre (107.67 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Sacramento County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to William Edward Petty Hartnell. [1] The grant extended along the south bank of the Cosumnes River, across from Rancho Omochumnes. [2]
Its name commemorates William Hartnell (1798–1854), who founded the first junior college in California. [2] Hartnell's main campus is located less than a mile west of downtown Salinas. It also has four satellite campuses, one in the Alisal district of Salinas one in King City and another in Soledad and another in Castroville.
In 1841, Hartnell sold his Rancho El Alisal in Monterey County to Governor Alvarado, and moved with his family to Rancho Todos Santos y San Antonio. Hartnell was married to Maria Teresa de la Guerra, the daughter of José de la Guerra y Noriega , the richest and most influential man in the Santa Barbara area at the time.
Scotsman David Spence (1798–1875) came to Monterey in 1824 on a vessel from Lima, Peru to work for William Hartnell. Spence was grantee of Rancho Encinal y Buena Esperanza in 1834, alcalde of Monterey in 1839, and a member of the state legislature.
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In 1822, William Edward Petty Hartnell persuaded Argüello to grant him the right to do business in any port in Alta California, whereas other foreigners were restricted to Monterey and San Diego. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was served as the personal secretary to the new Governor Luis Argüello, when news of Mexico's independence reached Monterey.