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: Budget and Finance Bill Papers and Digital Records
Catalogue reference: IR 63
What's it about?
IR 63
Notes, memoranda etc. prepared by the Board of Inland Revenue together with parliamentary papers arising from the passage of various revenue bills, budget resolutions and other legislative proceedings.
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 63
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Budget and Finance Bill Papers and Digital Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1869-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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Notes, memoranda etc. prepared by the Board of Inland Revenue together with parliamentary papers arising from the passage of various revenue bills, budget resolutions and other legislative proceedings.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' after a forward slash, which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records.
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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)
- Board of Inland Revenue, 1849-2005
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1183 digital records, files and volumes
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The earlier records were formerly kept in the Board of Inland Revenue's library.
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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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Notes, memoranda etc. prepared by the Board of Inland Revenue together with parliamentary papers. Sent from 1977 Board of Inland Revenue and the earlier records in this series were formerly kept in the Board of Inland Revenue's library.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9401/
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: Budget and Finance Bill Papers and Digital Records
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