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
HM Treasury: Budget and Public Finances Directorate, Exchequer Funds and Accounts,...
Catalogue reference: T 590
What's it about?
T 590
This series contains records relate to the control of expenditure in Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise. Also included are the management of the Budget and Finance Bill; general tax policies; direct taxation policy; indirect taxation policy.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 590
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Budget and Public Finances Directorate, Exchequer Funds and Accounts, Tax Policy: Records (GTPA Prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1988-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relate to the control of expenditure in Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise. Also included are the management of the Budget and Finance Bill; general tax policies; direct taxation policy; indirect taxation policy.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GTPA prefix
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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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- Treasury, 1667-1667
- Treasury, Budget and Public Finances Directorate, 1995-1995
- Treasury, Tax Policy, 1992-1999
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 77 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2020 Treasury
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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
- Government finances
- Taxation
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are anticipated
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- RCP - s.3.1.1. Records that illustrate the government's role in managing the economy
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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 GTPA prefix was formed from GTP in 1993, and closed in 1997 with functions transferring to BPF
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14151677/
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HM Treasury: Budget and Public Finances Directorate, Exchequer Funds and Accounts, Tax Policy: Records (GTPA Prefix)
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