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A Receipt

Title

A Receipt

Year/Period

19th century to 20th century

Object Type

financial records, manuscripts (documents), receipts (financial records)

Material

ink, paper (fiber product)

Technique

handwriting, signing (writing)

Dimension

Image size: 10.2 x 17.1 cm

Accession No.

2000-05690

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

This is a receipt for the sum of 1.28 Spanish dollars for the services of printing the house brick (?) bill. It is part of the John Koh collection which comprises of various legal documents in Arabic, Jawi, and English, and serves as a record of the 19th and early 20th century colonial legal systems in Singapore and the interactions of various ordinary individuals with the law.