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
Board of Stamps: Legacy Duty Office: Letters
Catalogue reference: IR 6
What's it about?
IR 6
Records of the Legacy Duty Office of the Board of Stamps, later Board of Stamps and Taxes, consisting of original in-letters and copies of out-letters. Abbreviation O.D. refers to Ourstanding Duty
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Stamps: Legacy Duty Office: Letters
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1812-1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Legacy Duty Office of the Board of Stamps, later Board of Stamps and Taxes, consisting of original in-letters and copies of out-letters.
Abbreviation O.D. refers to Ourstanding Duty
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Subsequent letters have been destroyed under statute.
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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 Stamps and Taxes, Legacy Duty Office, 1834-1849
- Board of Stamps, Legacy Duty Office, 1812-1834
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 659 box(es)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9344/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
373,342 records
Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
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Board of Stamps: Legacy Duty Office: Letters
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