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
Welsh Office: Devolution Group: Registered Files (DEV Series)
Catalogue reference: BD 108
What's it about?
BD 108
This series contains the registered files of the Welsh Office Devolution Unit. The files contain correspondence arising from the report of the Kilbrandon Commission on devolution, including representations and queries from other government...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 108
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Devolution Group: Registered Files (DEV Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1963-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the registered files of the Welsh Office Devolution Unit. The files contain correspondence arising from the report of the Kilbrandon Commission on devolution, including representations and queries from other government departments, local authorities and individuals. There are similar records in response to the 1976 White Paper - 'Our Changing Democracy'. Files deal with the attitude and perceived attitude of the Welsh Office to devolution and also contain correspondence with other government departments and public sector organisations. Also included are files dealing with the proposed re-organisation of the Welsh Office following devolution and discussions with other government departments about possible functions which could be devolved to the new Assembly.
The Wales Act contained the provision for the re-organisation of local government authorities. Files in this series contain information on this subject, which continued to be dealt with until the fall of the Labour Government in 1979.
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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 and Welsh
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 417 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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From 2003 National Assembly for Wales
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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
- Democracy
- Devolution
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Passed from the Welsh Office to the National assembly for Wales in 1999
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1973 to 1979
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These records have been selected in accordance with section 2.2.1 (Policy and administrative processes of the state) of the Acquisition Policy. All files have been selected except for a few containing duplicate copies, published material or relate to routine administrative matters.
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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 Devolution Unit, also known as the Kilbrandon Unit was set up, originally as part of the Finance Group, around 1975. Later the Unit became an independent section within the Welsh Office. Towards the end of its life, the Unit was informally divided into two sections, A & B. At this point files were marked as 'A' or 'B' files. The arrangement of the series does not reflect this. The Unit was wound up in 1978, after the referendum that year voted against devolution. Some papers pre-date the establishment of the Unit, and there are also later papers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15767/
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