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.
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Parliamentary Commission and other Commissions and Committees of Enquiry into Public...
Catalogue reference: T 92
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T 92
Minutes, returns and reports, with original correspondence, letter books, registers of letters, minutes of evidence and miscellaneous papers of the following commissions and committees of inquiry into the public revenues:Scottish Committee,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 92
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Title (The name of the record)
- Parliamentary Commission and other Commissions and Committees of Enquiry into Public Revenue: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1765-1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, returns and reports, with original correspondence, letter books, registers of letters, minutes of evidence and miscellaneous papers of the following commissions and committees of inquiry into the public revenues:
- Scottish Committee, 1808
- Commissioners of Special Revenue Inquiry on the Colonies, 1812 -1814
- Royal Commission on Customs and Excise, 1817
- Commission on Scottish Stamps, 1821
- Parliamentary Commission, 1821
- House of Commons Committee, 1828
- Commission on Book-Keeping, 1829
- Commission on Colonial Revenue, 1830
- Commission on Costs of Collection, 1830
- Royal Commission on Excise, 1833
- Returns to Orders of the House of Commons and Unidentified Returns.
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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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- Commission on Book-Keeping, 1829-1829
- Commission on Colonial Revenue, 1830-1830
- Commission on Costs of Collection, 1830-1830
- Commission on Scottish Stamps, 1821-1821
- Commissioners of Special Revenue Inquiry on the Colonies, 1812-1814
- House of Commons Committee, 1828-1828
- Parliamentary Commission, 1821-1821
- Royal Commission on Customs and Excise, 1817-1817
- Royal Commission on Excise, 1833-1833
- Scottish Committee, 1808-1808
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 261 bundle(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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- Topics
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13829/
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Parliamentary Commission and other Commissions and Committees of Enquiry into Public Revenue: Records
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