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
Treasury: Out-letters, Inland Revenue
Catalogue reference: T 122
What's it about?
T 122
Merged with Taxes (Out-Letters) in October 1956
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Out-letters, Inland Revenue
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Description (What the record is about)
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Merged with Taxes (Out-Letters) in October 1956
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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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- No records held at The National Archives for this series
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- Topics
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13859/
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Treasury: Out-letters, Inland Revenue
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