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: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: IR 83
What's it about?
IR 83
These miscellaneous records of the Board of Inland Revenue deal mainly with establishment and accounting matters and taxation.The series also includes representative examples of types of records such as licences and certificates which have...
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 83
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1677-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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These miscellaneous records of the Board of Inland Revenue deal mainly with establishment and accounting matters and taxation.
The series also includes representative examples of types of records such as licences and certificates which have otherwise been destroyed.
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 335 files, flat sheets and volumes
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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 2007 HM Revenue and Customs
From 1978 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The bulk of this series came from a collection of items held in the Board of Inland Revenue's Library as potential museum exhibits.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9421/
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
You are currently looking at the series: IR 83
Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Miscellanea
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