This is a memorandum of the documents concerning the application of Thomas Francis Monks received from the Registrar of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. It lists 6 letters which were referred to in Monk's petition for admission and a certificate of admission to the Bar which was mentioned in Monk's declaration. This memorandum 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.
