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PEACEMAKER: 'Proverbially hospitable, [Don Guillermo] 'Hartnell hesitated only a second before inviting the American [Captain John C. Fremont] in, to stay with the family in the main house,' Susanna Bryant Dakin, The Lives of William Hartnell, page 271
Proverbially hospitable, Hartnell hesitated only a second before inviting the American in, to stay with the family in the main house. Fremont’s men he gave permission to camp under the sycamore… more →
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PEACEMAKER: 'Proverbially hospitable, [Don Guillermo] 'Hartnell hesitated only a second before inviting the American [Captain John C. Fremont] in, to stay with the family in the main house,' Susanna Bryant Dakin, The Lives of William Hartnell, page 271
wrote 2 weeks ago: Proverbially hospitable, Hartnell hesitated only a second before inviting the American in, to stay w … more →
PEACEMAKER: 'Wild excitement swept over Alisal on the first of March, 1846, when Fremont's men, two hundred strong, turned from El Camino Real... to the Hartnell home site'... pages 269 - 271 of Susanna Bryant Dakin's LIVES OF WILLIAM HARTNELL
wrote 1 month ago: General Vallejo ended the speeches with a stirring appeal for annexation, then and there, to the Uni … more →
Don Guillermo Hartnell's cousin Dr. Robert Wyllie informed him that their 'old friend McCulloch died' leaving 'his and your claim on the Mexican government'
wrote 5 months ago: Wyllie’s letter ends with distressing news of Mr. Brotherston, the family friend and kind empl … more →
PEACEMAKER: William Hartnell's 'correspondence with Robert Wyllie flourished during the forties as never before'
wrote 6 months ago: Shortly after de Mofras’ visit, A. M. Barrier was named French consul to California. Circumst … more →
PEACEMAKER: Count de Mofras advocated that France acquire 'the entire harbor of San Francisco, the key to the Pacific Ocean'
wrote 6 months ago: Dona Teresa’s opinion of Count de Mofras is the lowest on record. Others range from the mild … more →
DONA TERESA DE LA GUERRA HARTNELL found French Count Duflot de Mofras 'dead drunk' on her husband Don Guillermo Hartnell's library floor
wrote 6 months ago: It is not surprising that the hearing was long-drawn-out and unsuccessful, for Jones had not endeare … more →
PEACEMAKER: 'After his return to [Rancho] Alisal, the ex-visitador ['Don Guillermo Arnel' (William Petty Hartnell)] became ill from overwork and worry'
wrote 6 months ago: CHAPTER 7 CONTEST FOR CALIFORNIA THE GOVERNOR made no attempt to appoint another visitador de misi … more →
DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL 'FOUND AN ATMOSPHERE OF DISCORD AND DESOLATION AT CAPISTRANO AS WELL AS SAN LUIS,' page 237 from Susanna Bryant Dakin's 'The Lives of William Hartnell'
wrote 11 months ago: +++ Entries in Hartnell’s diario of 1840 abound with references to trouble with Vallejos in t … more →
Poem for Gregory Hartnell by David Jure* (advance excerpt from his soon-to-be-published book 'Visions and Revisions')
wrote 1 year ago: +++ Turning to Christ I found a position; not king of the world but something to be going on with. … more →
RICHARD OLAFSON: Pacific Rim Review of Books: received no government funds 'what so ever'
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wrote 1 year ago: +++ Richard Olafson, Publisher/Editor of the Pacific Rim Review of Books, wrote a comment to a rant … more →
PORTRAIT OF MARY by Nikki Grimes: power and beauty within every woman's soul
wrote 1 year ago: +++ Portrait of Mary by Nikki Grimes is a powerful and beautiful inspirational paperback on the Mys … more →
Presence Francophone a Victoria, C - B, edited by Laurette Agnew, first Francophone history of Victoria 1987
wrote 1 year ago: +++ I cited this paperback book on the first Francophone history of Victoria edited by Laurette Agn … more →
Beato Gillio Maria, 1812, Thursday February 7th, 2nd day of Lent: Stormy winds + rain
wrote 1 year ago: +++ ”1812 Bl. Giles Mary, a rope-maker who became a Franciscan brother at Naples and spent h … more →
Jorge Luis Borges on Dante's 'Rose of the Blessed' in The Divine Commentary, FMR No. 3
wrote 1 year ago: +++ ”Nine concentric spheres turn around the Earth; the first seven of these are the planetar … more →
SISTER EILEEN CURTEIS' 'Wind Daughter,' GLOBAL ARTISTE DES ARTS, says Goyo de la Rosa
wrote 1 year ago: +++ Sister Eileen Curteis is my choice for Victoria’s NUMERO UNO GLOBAL ARTISTE DES ARTS for … more →
Print Culture in Victoria Began on Franciscan Press from California by Gregory Paul Hartnell, Victoria
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wrote 1 year ago: +++ A Special Historical Edition of the Times Colonist newspaper, the monopoly daily, commemorates … more →
E. CATHERINE MORONEY: The Chief who Danced, a short note by Gregory Hartnell ('Goyo')
wrote 1 year ago: +++ Here is a thin curiosity of an illustrated chapbook about the Salish people of southwest Britis … more →
