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WARRANT, APPOINTMENT ARCHIBALD PAUL BURT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ST CHRISTOPHER (ST KITTS)

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War and Colonial Office of Great Britain

1849

Overview

Handwritten warrant authorising the appointment of Archibald Paull Burt as Attorney General of St Christopher(St Kitts). Dated 13 November 1849. Single page, folded. Attached to the document by a green ribbon is a small square of paper with an embossed seal. The text pertaining to the appointment is in portrait orientation; on the reverse side, in landscape orientation, is the name of the person to whom the document is addressed (James Macaulay Higginson, Governor St Christopher).

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cwa-org-46-1976.30

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Width

205 mm

Height or length

320 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Impressed Colonial Office seal
Pencil notations, unknown date

Keywords

Burt, Archibald Paull

Attorney General

Higginson, James Macaulay

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

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