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LETTER, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO ARCHIBALD PAULL BURT RE CHIEF JUSTICE APPLICATION HONG KONG

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Fortescue, Chichester

1859

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Letter acknowledging Archibald Paull Burt's application for Chief Justice of Hong Kong. Advising that this position is not yet vacant but should it be so in the future his application would not fail to be considered together with those of other candidates. Dated 31 July 1859. Handwritten on one sheet of cream paper, folded in half vertically.

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200 mm

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320 mm

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Burt, Archibald Paull

Fortescue, Chichester

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United Kingdom

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