LETTERS PATENT, APPOINTMENT OF ARCHIBALD PAULL BURT AS QUEEN'S COUNSEL VIRGIN ISLANDS

Handwritten Letters Patent appointing Archibald Paull Burt Queen's Counsel in the Virgin Islands. Dated 18 August 1849.
One large sheet of white paper folded in half with most of the main text of the appointment letter written across the document (landscape format) on the front page when folded. The letter concludes on the inside page.
Red wax seal affixed to a separate square of paper is attached by a red ribbon (now faded). Three vertical folds indicate the document was in the past folded twice more for storage. The document is stained in several areas from the wax seal pressing against the paper when folded. The title of the document and when it was registered is written on the reverse between two of the folds. (The archaic letter known as the long S is used in the word commission.)
The document was drafted by Sinclair Bryan (Private Secretary) and authorised by Edward Hay Drummond-Hay who was President of the Council in the Virgin Islands. His signature appears on the front page at top left.