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 Inland Revenue and predecessors: Minutes
Catalogue reference: IR 31
What's it about?
IR 31
Minutes of meetings of the Board of Stamps, 1799 to 1833; the Board of Stamps and Taxes, 1833 to 1848; the Board of Taxes, 1800 to 1833 (Assessed Taxes), 1801 to 1821 (Property and Income Tax); and the Board of Inland Revenue, 1849 to 1851. The...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1799-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of meetings of the Board of Stamps, 1799 to 1833; the Board of Stamps and Taxes, 1833 to 1848; the Board of Taxes, 1800 to 1833 (Assessed Taxes), 1801 to 1821 (Property and Income Tax); and the Board of Inland Revenue, 1849 to 1851. The practice of keeping minutes in volumes was discontinued in 1851 and not resumed until 1948.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Volumes prior to 1799 have not survived.
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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 Inland Revenue, 1849-2005
- Board of Stamps, 1694-1834
- Board of Stamps and Taxes, 1834-1849
- Board of Taxes, 1718-1834
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 231 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1973 Board of Inland Revenue
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- This series is accruing.
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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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Records date back to the Board of Stamps and Taxes which later became Inland Revenue in 1849. Inland Revenue was superseded by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in 2005, for which HMRC has responsibility for records pertaining to its predecessors records, under which HMRC has authority over today.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9369/
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Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
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Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Minutes
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