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: Miscellaneous Books
Catalogue reference: IR 72
What's it about?
IR 72
The records in this series are drawn from the various departments of the Board of Stamps and include a few which continued in use successively in the Board of Stamps and Taxes and the Board of Inland Revenue.The books deal principally with...
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 72
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Stamps: Miscellaneous Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1694-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series are drawn from the various departments of the Board of Stamps and include a few which continued in use successively in the Board of Stamps and Taxes and the Board of Inland Revenue.
The books deal principally with accounting, establishment and legal matters and include a volume of law opinions in lottery cases 1787-1799; detailed instructions to distributors of stamps in 1811 arising from the legacy duty; and a register of town newspapers 1816-1844 giving names of printers, publishers and proprietors. There is also an early eighteenth century entry book containing reports etc. to the Treasury concerning the work and establishment of the board, and some returns, 1812 to 1825, relating to wills and death duties.
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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 Stamps, 1694-1834
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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39 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
- Government finances
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9410/
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 Stamps: Miscellaneous Books
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