Category: Notary History
Saint Mark, Patron Saint of Notaries and Lawyers Saint Mark, the author of the second Gospel, is the patron saint of notaries and lawyers. His feast day is April …
Notaries and the Church The history of the notary public is closely related to the early Catholic Church. Tiro, a secretary for the orator and statesman Cicero in Ancient …
Ulibarri Claims Colorado for Spain, 1706 A hundred years before Ulibarri, in 1598, Spanish Conquistador Juan de Onate founded a capital at an Indian Pueblo at San Gabriel, north …
Colorado Day, Statehood August 1, 1876 Colorado Day is an annual observance that commemorates Colorado statehood, and Colorado history. On August 1, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a …
Declaration of Independence 1776 IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary …
Notary with Conquistador Oñate, New Mexico 1598 On April 30, 1598, near present-day El Paso, Texas, Conquistador Juan de Oñate claimed all the land north of the Rio Grande …
Notary Reference Books Notary reference books can be useful when doing research, and when seeking additional information, explanations, history or best practices. The National Notary Association® (NNA®) publishes many …
Colorado Notary Reference Documents These notary reference documents contain useful information for Colorado notary education and research. Colorado notary law is the primary source of information. A notary reference …
Notary with Christopher Columbus 1492 On October 12th, 1492, Rodrigo de Escobedo of Segovia was the first notary in North America. He sailed on the flagship Santa Maria, as …
Magna Carta, England 1215 The Magna Carta (Great Charter) was written by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, and agreed to by King John of England at a meadow called …
Notaries in Ancient Egypt, 2750 BC The first notaries were the notaries in Ancient Egypt. By recording official transactions, they played a key role in the development of government, …
Code of Hammurabi, Babylon 1754 BC Notaries wrote down 282 laws in the Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon in 1754 BC. It is the oldest evidence of recorded …
Notary History: Jefferson Territory 1859 Before Colorado Territory was formed on February 28, 1861, there was Jefferson Territory. Eastern Colorado, west to the Rocky Mountains, was part of Arapahoe …
Notary Public or Public Notary? Question: Why do we say Notary Public and not Public Notary? Answer: As a general rule in English grammar, the adjective (public) is placed …
La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682 Jacques de La Metairie was a royal notary at Fort Frontenac, New France, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in …