Title
Affirmation of Taw Swee Leung
Year/Period
7 August 1845
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 33.9 x 42.4 cm
Accession No.
2003-00900
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects Pte Ltd, Singapore
This is the affirmation of Taw Swee Leung made on 7 August 1845 concerning the administration of the estate of Wee Kong Yeaw. 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.
