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APPOINTMENT, ARCHIBALD PAULL BURT TO QUARTER SESSIONS CHAIRMAN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Kennedy, Arthur Edward

1861

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Handwritten warrant by the Governor of Western Australia, Arthur Edward Kennedy, appointing Archibald Paull Burt as Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions in the colony of Western Australia. Dated 31 January 1861.
Presented on a single sheet of white paper, folded vertically into a book form. The warrant text appears on the front and inside left hand pages. At the bottom left of the second page a very faded official red seal (wafer seal -made of paper with embossed design) is affixed.

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cwa-org-46-1976.41

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215 mm

Height or length

335 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Public seal of the colony of Western Australia

Keywords

Kennedy, Arthur Edward

Burt, Archibald Paull

Quarter Sessions

Place made

Australia

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