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.
Piece
HO 42. Letters and Papers. Correspondence relating to Post Office, Customs, Excise,...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/208
What’s it about?
This record is about the HO 42. Letters and Papers. Correspondence relating to Post Office, Customs, Excise,... dating from 1791-1792 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 42/208
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1791-1792
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Description (What the record is about)
- HO 42. Letters and Papers. Correspondence relating to Post Office, Customs, Excise, Auditors' Office, College of Arms, Lord Chamberlain and the University of Oxford.
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1905827/
Series information
HO 42
Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
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