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: Fees Books, Series II
Catalogue reference: HO 143
What's it about?
HO 143
Entries of stamp duties and fees paid to the Home Office, Law Officers, Crown Office, College of Arms, Inland Revenue, etc. on letters patent for creations of peers, etc., charters of incorporation, appointments to offices, denizations, licences...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 143
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Fees Books, Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869-1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entries of stamp duties and fees paid to the Home Office, Law Officers, Crown Office, College of Arms, Inland Revenue, etc. on letters patent for creations of peers, etc., charters of incorporation, appointments to offices, denizations, licences in mortmain, writs of summons to attend Parliament etc.
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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)
- 3 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
- Conveyancing
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9007/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Home Office: Fees Books, Series II
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