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
Chancery Orders to Tax
Catalogue reference: C 35
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C 35
These records were destroyed on the recommendation of the Denning Committee on Legal Records, with the exception of specimens now preserved in J 89
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- C 35
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery Orders to Tax
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records were destroyed on the recommendation of the Denning Committee on Legal Records, with the exception of specimens now preserved in J 89
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- No records held at The National Archives for this series
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- Topics
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3596/
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