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: Estate Duty Office: Board Papers
Catalogue reference: IR 62
What's it about?
IR 62
These records contain a selection of Estate Duty Office Board papers from 1899 arising from the administration of the various death duties. They include precedent files, case files raising important points of principle and claims for exemption...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IR 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Estate Duty Office: Board Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1865-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records contain a selection of Estate Duty Office Board papers from 1899 arising from the administration of the various death duties. They include precedent files, case files raising important points of principle and claims for exemption from or postponement of estate duty. Also included are case files where exemption or postponement of estate duty was claimed for articles (such as paintings, books, manuscripts and other works of art) adjudged by the Treasury to be of national, scientific or historic interest.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged in strict file number order under the references and headings given to them by the department.
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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
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Inland Revenue, 1849-2005
- Board of Inland Revenue, Estate Duty Office, 1899-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2710 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Pieces 1- 1050 require 3 working days notice to produce
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 1977 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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These records contain a selection of Estate Duty Office Board papers from 1899 arising from the administration of the various death duties.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9400/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
373,334 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 Inland Revenue: Estate Duty Office: Board Papers
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