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
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Treasury of the Receipt: Parliament and Council...
Catalogue reference: E 175
What's it about?
E 175
The artificial accumulation of documents in this series mostly concern business conducted before the parliament and council. They are of two main types: copies of parliamentary statutes sent for information to the Exchequer; and petitions,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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E 175
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Treasury of the Receipt: Parliament and Council Proceedings, Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
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1255-c1625
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Description (What the record is about)
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The artificial accumulation of documents in this series mostly concern business conducted before the parliament and council. They are of two main types: copies of parliamentary statutes sent for information to the Exchequer; and petitions, proceedings and agenda of the King's Council and of the council in parliament, including Gascon matter.
Other documents present in significant numbers include lists of summonses issued for parliaments, and some original writs and returns for the election of members of parliament. The series includes also some draft and original bills, and copies of statutes made for official or private use.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The main Exchequer series of parliament rolls is in SC 9
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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 and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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100 boxes, files and rolls
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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
- Litigation
- Democracy
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A number of the documents in this series have been printed in: Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, ed H Cole (London, 1844) Foedera, Conventiones, et Acta Publica, ed T Rymer (17 vols, London, 1704-17) Rotuli Parliamentorum (7 vols, 1769-1817) Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, ed H G Richardson and G O Sayles (Camden Society, 3rd series, li, 1935) The Statutes of the Realm, ed A Luders et al (11 vols, Record Commission, 1810-28)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6620/
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer and Treasury of the Receipt: Parliament and Council Proceedings, Series II
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