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: Domestic Economy Sector: Fiscal Policy Group, Indirect Tax Division...
Catalogue reference: T 608
What's it about?
T 608
This bilateral series covers policy work relating to general taxation policy, including Direct Taxation and co-ordination of tax aspects of Budget and Finance Bills. Subjects covered are Public Expenditure Survey, Outturn, Reviews and Scrutinies...
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 608
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Domestic Economy Sector: Fiscal Policy Group, Indirect Tax Division (FP2) and Successors: Records (CEE Prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1981-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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This bilateral series covers policy work relating to general taxation policy, including Direct Taxation and co-ordination of tax aspects of Budget and Finance Bills. Subjects covered are Public Expenditure Survey, Outturn, Reviews and Scrutinies and Delegated Authority.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are listed chronologically in file prefix order.
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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)
- CEE
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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)
- Treasury, Domestic Economy Sector, 1975-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 41 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2015-2017 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 expected.
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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 CEE prefix opened in 1982 and closed in 1986 with its functions being transferred to Indirect Taxation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14444716/
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