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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 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.
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.
Translation and digest of such portions of the Mexican laws of March 20th and May 23d, 1837 as are supposed to be still in force and adapted to the present condition of California (1849), by J. Halleck and William E. P. Hartnell, San Francisco. Printed at the Office of the Alta California.
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.
His padrino (sponsor) was William Hartnell, an Englishman who had been a trader and living in Monterey since 1822. [1] Cooper and Vallejo were married on August 24, 1827 at San Carlos Mission . [ 5 ] [ 1 ] Her brother Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo later became an influential Californio general, statesman, and public figure.
An era in the history of California closed yesterday. The Del Valles of Camulos bade farewell to the homestead where they have lived in successive generations since Antonio del Valle. It was the passing of the old regime. They are said to be the last of the old Spanish families who held in unbroken succession to the ancestral acres.