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
Excise Board and Secretariat: Minute Books
Catalogue reference: CUST 47
What's it about?
CUST 47
Minutes of the Board of Excise until 6 January 1849. From that date they are minutes of the Board of Inland Revenue when dealing with excise business. The minutes relate principally to appointments; each volume has an index and individuals may be...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CUST 47
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Title (The name of the record)
- Excise Board and Secretariat: Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1893-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Board of Excise until 6 January 1849. From that date they are minutes of the Board of Inland Revenue when dealing with excise business. The minutes relate principally to appointments; each volume has an index and individuals may be traced from these indexes.
Indexes within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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File series is presented in chronological order.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Excise, 1642-1849
- Board of Inland Revenue, 1849-2005
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 752 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Board of Customs and Excise
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Between 1695 and 1909 the files were at the Board of Customs and Excise. From 1909 to 2002 the files were with HM Customs and Excise.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1695 to 1874.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The records were selected as they reflect the econonmic, social and demographical condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communitities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of the PRO's acquisition criteria).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- Minutes of the Board of Excise until 6 January 1849. From that date they areminutes of the Board of Inland Revenue when dealing with excise business.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5623/
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