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DONA TERESA DE LA GUERRA HARTNELL found French Count Duflot de Mofras 'dead drunk' on her husband Don Guillermo Hartnell's library floor
It is not surprising that the hearing was long-drawn-out and unsuccessful, for Jones had not endeared himself to the Californians any more than had his fellow countryman Graham. Even the good will th… more →
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DONA TERESA DE LA GUERRA HARTNELL found French Count Duflot de Mofras 'dead drunk' on her husband Don Guillermo Hartnell's library floor
goyodelarosa wrote 5 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'
goyodelarosa wrote 5 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'
goyodelarosa wrote 10 months ago: +++ Entries in Hartnell’s diario of 1840 abound with references to trouble with Vallejos in t … more →
General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo 'actually arrested DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL and carried him bodily across the bay'
goyodelarosa wrote 11 months ago: +++ This was discouraging indeed, to be rebuffed at the outset by the padre presidente, as well as … more →
From his miserable Florida jail cell, Conrad Black peddles his tired excuses for the unjust Iraq war
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goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Every day in the early morning, as I drive my wife to work, we pray out loud for our enemies an … more →
DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL wrote to Don Jose de la Guerra: 'people suppose me endowed with the gift of performing miracles...'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ ’Our letters from Liverpool of 15 December approve of your establishment and look forward … more →
Franciscan mission padres' orders to Macala y Arnel are 'preserved in California archives and among DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL's papers'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Having a firsthand knowledge of conditions in California, the Scotsman also changed the charact … more →
SPRING 1823: MACALA y ARNEL obtained Monterey adobe tienda; San Luis Obisbo harbor served Misiones San Luis Obispo, San Miguel + La Purisima
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Early in 1823, the British firm had obtained a spacious adobe to be used as a ‘tienda. … more →
DONA TERESA DE LA GUERRA HARTNELL resembled 'her mother [MARIA ANTONIA CARRILLO] in being beautiful, above the average intelligence, and good'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Of illustrious and handsome forebears from Spain, ‘el Comandante Don Jose’ was unmi … more →
WILLIAM EDWARD PETTY HARTNELL was baptised by a Franciscan padre at Mision San Carlos, near Monterey, on October 13, 1824
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ As a devout Catholic, Cot advised conversion for his friend, not mere lip service as given by s … more →
PADRE LUIZ MARTINEZ wrote to DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL @ Casa de la Guerra in Santa Barbara, proposing he 'spend a holy week, without the loved one who fills your thoughts'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Don Guillermo made a supreme effort and started north to meet with Don Antonio, whose patience … more →
LAST CONFESSION: 'An astounding communication' between WILLIAM HARTNELL + brother George Hartnell of William's thefts from Uncle Petty in London, Aspinwall in Liverpool + Harrison in Paddington
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Since Hannah is Mr. Petty’s favorite niece, William always entrusts her with his messages … more →
DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL wrote to his UNCLE EDWARD PETTY in England on July 10, 1823: 'Missions...are inhabited almost entirely by Indians'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ Once, when a particularly large quantity of inferior tallow had been discovered in the hold of … more →
DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL 'enjoyed excellent health, but rather a lack of vitality, a languor of the spirit'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ ”By granting this favor to the Padre,” wrote Hartnell, ‘We make him our frien … more →
DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL 'was drawn toward Catholicism as to a magnet' but wrote to Franciscan Father Ripoll @ Mision La Purisima that he was not yet 'worthy of joining your company'
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ He still can polish up a tarnished reputation. With hard work, he can acquire the wealth he ne … more →
JUNIPERO SERRA, holy, unarmed, made dangerous journey from Baja California to establish first Franciscan church in Alta California at San Diego
goyodelarosa wrote 1 year ago: +++ The saintly Junipero Serra remained a source of inspiration to succeeding padres. The few stil … more →
