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
Home Office: Home Secretary: Human Rights Unit: Registered files (HRU series)
Catalogue reference: HO 611
What's it about?
HO 611
This series contains records from the Home Office's Human Rights Unit relating to children and young persons, disability issues, discrimination, equal opportunities and the Human Rights Act 1998.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 611
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Home Secretary: Human Rights Unit: Registered files (HRU series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1998-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records from the Home Office's Human Rights Unit relating to children and young persons, disability issues, discrimination, equal opportunities and the Human Rights Act 1998.
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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)
- HRU
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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)
- Home Office, 1782-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 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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From 2024 Ministry of Justice
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- These records were created by the Home Office and then transferred to the Ministry of Justice in 2007 as part of a Machinery of Government change.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17851075/
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