Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Secretary of Commissions:...
Catalogue reference: LCO 34
What's it about?
LCO 34
This series contains Lord Chancellor's Office files on appointments of justices of the peace, general commissioners of income tax and Lord Chancellor's advisory committees for justices of the peace. They relate to cities, counties, boroughs and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Secretary of Commissions: Appointments of Justices of the Peace
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1929-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Lord Chancellor's Office files on appointments of justices of the peace, general commissioners of income tax and Lord Chancellor's advisory committees for justices of the peace. They relate to cities, counties, boroughs and districts in England and Wales with the exception of advisory committees in the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Fiats in respect of appointments on Justices of the Peace will be found in C 234
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Lord Chancellor's Department, Secretary of Commissions Division, 1972-1983
- Lord Chancellor's Office, Secretary of Commissions Division, 1968-1972
- Lord Chancellor's Office, Secretary of Commissions of the Peace, 1875-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 101 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 50 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Taxation
- Crown lands and estates
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The Records Management Department Records Review Panel of 18 July 2005 reviewed the future selection of these records. It was decided that that future accessions of justice of the peace appointment related records into LCO 34 be terminated.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Secretary of Commissions was responsible within the Lord Chancellor's Department for appointments of Justices of the Peace, General Commissioners of Income Tax and Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committees for Justices of the Peace (except in the Duchy of Lancaster) in England and Wales.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10272/
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