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 Customs and Excise: Entertainments duty records
Catalogue reference: CUST 153
What's it about?
CUST 153
This series consists of Intelligence Branch collated background information on the history of the Entertainments Duty with statistics of receipt.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CUST 153
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Customs and Excise: Entertainments duty records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 - 1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of Intelligence Branch collated background information on the history of the Entertainments Duty with statistics of receipt.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Registered papers CUST 49
References to Entertainments duty may be found in:
Private Office Papers: Parry Collection. CUST 143
Entertainment duty CUST 118/405
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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)
- Board of Customs and Excise, Intelligence Branch, 1909-1909
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2002 Board of Customs and Excise
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1916 to 1960
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The entire series was kept as a complete history of entertainments duty, showing the policy and administrative process. (Section 2.2.1.6 of the acquistions policy).
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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 Board of Customs and Excise was formed in 1909 by the merger of the Board of Customs with the Board of Excise (Inland Revenue). The Intelligence Branch function was to provide the Board with tax yield forecasts and to collect information in existing or proposed indirect taxation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15709/
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HM Customs and Excise: Entertainments duty records
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