Letter by Lee Bong-chang and Remittance Certificate

Letter by Lee Bong-chang and Remittance Certificate refers to a set of two documents and an envelope that has been a Registered Cultural Heritage of South Korea since April 8, 2019 (No. 745-2). The documents were produced in late 1931, to facilitate an exchange of funds between Korean independence activists Kim Ku and Lee Bong-chang. They are now stored in the National Museum of Korea in Seoul.

The first document is a handwritten letter by Lee, produced on December 24. It requests funds from Kim in order to proceed with Lee's assassination attempt on the Japanese Emperor (which Lee euphemistically refers to in the letter). The envelope is for this letter. The second document is a remittance form from the bank dated to December 28, written in English, confirming the transfer of funds to Lee.