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Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
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Piece
Customs and Excise purchase tax: the Surcharge on Revenue Duties Order 1961
Catalogue reference: T 320/30
What’s it about?
This record is about the Customs and Excise purchase tax: the Surcharge on Revenue Duties Order 1961 dating from 1961 in the series Treasury: Public Income/Outlay Division: Registered Files (2PI0 and 2PIO.EST Series). 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)
- T 320/30
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Customs and Excise purchase tax: the Surcharge on Revenue Duties Order 1961
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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)
- 2PIO 40/14/01
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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
- Public disorder
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4237059/
Series information
T 320
Treasury: Public Income/Outlay Division: Registered Files (2PI0 and 2PIO.EST Series)
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Customs and Excise purchase tax: the Surcharge on Revenue Duties Order 1961
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