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
Home Office: Local Taxation Entry Books
Catalogue reference: HO 92
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HO 92
Home Office out-letters relating to the administration of the Local Taxation Returns Act 1860.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 92
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Local Taxation Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Home Office out-letters relating to the administration of the Local Taxation Returns Act 1860.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Local taxation returns from 1862 are in HLG 32
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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)
- 1 volume(s)
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Local Taxation Returns Act 1860 required returns of local rates and taxes to be made to the Home Secretary, who was to lay abstracts of the returns before Parliament. A separate branch, attached after 1868 to the Chief Clerk's Department, existed to deal with these returns. The work was initially performed by law stationers' clerks employed on a temporary basis, but in 1866 two permanent clerks were appointed. In 1871 these duties were transferred to the Local Government Board.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8956/
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