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: Office of the Solicitor: Solicitor's Opinions and Reports
Catalogue reference: IR 99
What's it about?
IR 99
These entry books are records of the Board of Stamps from 1828, the Board of Stamps and Taxes from 1833, and the Board of Inland Revenue from 1849.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 99
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Office of the Solicitor: Solicitor's Opinions and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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These entry books are records of the Board of Stamps from 1828, the Board of Stamps and Taxes from 1833, and the Board of Inland Revenue from 1849.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
An alphabetical list of subject headings precedes the series list.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Solicitor of Excise are in CUST 42
Further records of Board of Inland Revenue relating to legal cases are in CUST 103
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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)
- Board of Inland Revenue, Office of the Solicitor, 1849-1849
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 263 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Pieces 1 - 170 require 3 working days notice to produce
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to closure for periods up to 75 years
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The title of Solicitor of Inland Revenue dates from 1849, when the Boards of Excise and Stamps and Taxes were consolidated into one Board of Commissioners of Inland Revenue by the Inland Revenue Board Act 1849; in 1909 the Excise functions of the Board were transferred to the Board of Commissioners of Customs. Prior to 1849, there was a Solicitor of Excise and a Solicitor of Stamps and Taxes.
The Solicitor of Inland Revenue conducts the Board's legal business in England and Wales representing it in all aspects of litigation. A substantial part of that business consists of advising the Board on a wide variety of legal questions and this advice is usually given by written opinions of the Solicitor or members of his legally qualified staff. In some cases of exceptional difficulty or importance or when proceedings in the High Court have been instituted by or against the Board, instructions are sent to one or more of the Revenue's Standing Junior Counsel to advise. Occasionally in such a case instructions are sent in addition to the Law Officers or, in more recent times, to a Leading Counsel nominated by the Attorney General.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9437/
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Board of Inland Revenue: Office of the Solicitor: Solicitor's Opinions and Reports
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