LETTER, GOVERNOR OF ANTIGUA TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ST KITTS RE ARCHIBALD PAULL BURT AS ASSISTANT JUDGE JAMAICA

Letter, marked 'copy' on blue paper from the Governor of Antigua, Ker Baillie Hamilton, to the Lt. Governor of St. Kitts, Hercules Robinson, requesting the latter to enquire of A.P. Burt whether he would accept the office of Assistant Judge in Jamaica (a position that had become vacant after the death of William Frederick Lewis). Dated 23 February 1857. Included were three enclosures for Burt's information:
1. Copy of a despatch dated 31 January 1857 from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Henry Labouchere to the Governor of Antigua
2. Copy of a despatch dated 30 January 1857 from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Lt. Governor of Jamaica, Edward Wells Bell
3. Extract from the Judicial Act of Jamaica pertaining to the qualifications required for appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of that island.
This letter was the same date as another letter from the Governor of Antigua informing Burt that his provisional appointment of Chief Justice St Christopher was not being confirmed. (1976.33)
The copies of the letter and enclosures comprise thirteen pages (believed to have been made up of six sheets of paper folded in half vertically) which are joined by a green ribbon on the left hand side. There are three lateral folds indicating the pages were folded together into quarters in the past when stored.