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
Ministry of Power and successors: Economics Division and successors: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: POWE 69
What's it about?
POWE 69
The files in this series deal with the evaluation of economic aspects of the work of the Ministry of Power and its successors, especially in relationship to the pricing policies of nationalised industries. Files transferred so far relate to...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
POWE 69
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Power and successors: Economics Division and successors: Registered Files (EcS Series)
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1967-1985
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
The files in this series deal with the evaluation of economic aspects of the work of the Ministry of Power and its successors, especially in relationship to the pricing policies of nationalised industries. Files transferred so far relate to tariffs and gas pricing, energy policy, and the Committee of Inquiry into Civil Air Transport (Edwards Committee).
The prefix EcS as originated by the Ministry of Power Economics Division, was used for registered files on individual economic issues.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
-
EcS file series
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Department of Energy, Economics and Statistics Division, 1974-1992
- Department of Trade and Industry, Economics and Statistics Division, 1970-1974
- Ministry of Power, Economics Division, 1967-1969
- Ministry of Technology, Economics and Statistics (Industry) Division, 1969-1970
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
82 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Open
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
From 1994 Department of Trade and Industry
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Taxation
- Oil and gas
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
-
Series is accruing
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
-
Because much of the material is already kept on files of the originating divisions, relatively few files in this series are kept.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11885/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
23,053 records
Within the department: POWE
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Power, and of related bodies
You are currently looking at the series: POWE 69
Ministry of Power and successors: Economics Division and successors: Registered Files (EcS Series)
You may be interested in
-
-
Focus on
Revealing the (corrupt) record in 14th-century Ireland
In 1325, officials found suspicious mistakes in the account of the former treasurer of Ireland and hauled him through the courts. What did they uncover? -
Record revealed
List of immigrant Londoners from 1483
This 15th-century list of ‘alien’ residents, gathered for tax purposes, gives us a remarkable insight into London’s medieval immigrant population.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.