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: Duties and taxation: collection of memoranda, reports and...
Catalogue reference: CUST 155
What's it about?
CUST 155
This series consists of a collection of memoranda, reports and examples detailing the history of various duties and taxes.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CUST 155
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Customs and Excise: Duties and taxation: collection of memoranda, reports and examples on the history of various duties and taxes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1671-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a collection of memoranda, reports and examples detailing the history of various duties and taxes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Customs, 1671-1909
- Board of Customs and Excise, 1909-2005
- Board of Customs and Excise, Intelligence Branch, 1909-1909
- Board of Customs and Excise, Secretaries' Office, 1909-1909
- Board of Excise, 1642-1849
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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95 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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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)
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File series ran from 1671 to 1985
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected to give a historical perspective to various duties and taxes and how they interacted with the community. Shows policy and administrative processes. (2.2.1.2, 2.2.2.1)
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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 was created in 1671 and the Board of Excise in 1683. They were merged to form the Board of Customs and Excise in 1909. The Secretary's Branch (Customs) and Secretaries' Office (Excise and Customs and Excise) were the administrative and executive organisations through which the Boards discharged their functions. The Intelligence Branch function was set up to provide the Board with forecasts and to collect information in existing or proposed indirect taxation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15711/
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