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
Photographs Extracted from IR series
Catalogue reference: CN 7
What's it about?
CN 7
Photographs extracted from the records of the Board of Inland Revenue (IR) and related bodies.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CN 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Photographs Extracted from IR series
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Photographs extracted from the records of the Board of Inland Revenue (IR) and related bodies.
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- photograph(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Some photographs may remain in copyright
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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
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See the photographs index which is available on open access at The National Archives
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4172/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CN
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Photographs Extracted from IR series
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