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Printed form for a power of attorney, in gothic type, completed and filled out in a notorial manuscript hand, notarized and signed at Puebla, by Juan de Bedoya on January 12, 1566. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Carta de poder (1566) Mexico, Juan Pablos or Pedro Ocharte? UC San Diego's copy housed in copy 2 of Carpenter, Edwin H. A Sixteenth Century Mexican Broadside. Los Angeles : Dawson's Book Shop, 1965 Printing of form attributed variously to Juan Pablos or Pedro Ocharte, the former recognized as the first printer in the New World. Cf. Szewczyk & Buffington, who attribute a nearly identical Carta de poder to Pedro Ocharte; also Carpenter, who states "Valtón attributes to Juan Pablos."
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Forms (Law) Power of attorney History Sources Mexico New Spain
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