William Edward Petty Hartnell, a.k.a. Don Guillermo Arnel (April 24, 1798 – February 2, 1854) was a prominent early immigrant to Alta California who played a vital role in the history of Monterey County, California as well as the history of California.
Read more about William Edward Petty Hartnell: Early Life, Arrival in Alta California, Schoolmaster, Post-statehood, Death, Legacy
Famous quotes containing the words william, edward and/or petty:
“And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist—
I don’t think she’d be missed—I’m sure she’d not be
missed!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Flower Belle! What a euphonious appellation! Easy on the ears and a banquet for the eyes!”
—Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)
“One will seldom go wrong in attributing extreme actions to vanity, moderate ones to habit, and petty ones to fear.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)