Title
Cover page of the petition of Charles Burton Buckley
Year/Period
4- 20 January 1881
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 20.9 x 33.6 cm
Accession No.
2003-01234
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects Pte Ltd
This is the cover page of the petition of Charles Burton Buckley for probate of the will of Lewis Herbert Woods filed on 4 January 1881. Probate was successfully granted on 20 January 1881. It is part of a collection of legal documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries which provides a glimpse into the work of the notable personalities who left their mark on Singapore’s legal history, and the economic and other transactions undertaken by ordinary immigrants in 19th century Singapore that tell stories of misfortune and indebtedness which would otherwise have disappeared from history.
