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
Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain and Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation...
Catalogue reference: BE 2
What's it about?
BE 2
This series contains registered files created by the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain (ISCGB), and the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency (ISHRA). Files selected contain papers relating to accounts, banking arrangements,...
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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BE 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain and Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1937-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files created by the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain (ISCGB), and the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency (ISHRA). Files selected contain papers relating to accounts, banking arrangements, finance, staff and taxation matters relating to iron and steel companies; papers of policy and historical interest relating to matters with which the ISCGB and ISHRA were concerned; companies files, and personal files of members of staff.
An index to the ISCGB registered files forms BE 2/1, with a similar index to the papers of the ISHRA in BE 2/630
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files of a general nature, which do not relate to the affairs or activities of any particular company, are grouped under subject headings.
Files relating to a particular company while it remained in public ownership are listed alphabetically; a subsidiary company may be shown under its own name or under the heading of its parent.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Iron and Steel Division in
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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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- Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, 1950-1953
- Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency, 1953-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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630 files and volumes
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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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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)
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These papers passed to the Treasury when the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency (ISHRA) was wound up in 1967.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2858/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BE
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