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
Home Office, Mines and Quarries Registered Files
Catalogue reference: POWE 6
What's it about?
POWE 6
Selected files illustrating various aspects of the control of mining exercised by the Industrial Department of the Home Office until 1920. Most of the papers deal with the work of the Inspectorate in enforcing safety regulations in mines and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POWE 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office, Mines and Quarries Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1887-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selected files illustrating various aspects of the control of mining exercised by the Industrial Department of the Home Office until 1920. Most of the papers deal with the work of the Inspectorate in enforcing safety regulations in mines and quarries. The series includes a set of district returns of coal-cutting machinery used and tonnage produced in the year 1902. Contains a few records of the petroleum departments.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Coal Distribution Costs Committee see POWE 47
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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)
- Home Office, Mines Department and Inspectorate, 1843-1920
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 89 file(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11823/
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