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: Organization of Stamp Offices: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: IR 116
What's it about?
IR 116
These are headquarters' files of the Board of Inland Revenue, relating to Stamp Offices in the provinces and in Scotland and Wales; there is also one file for the Stamp Office in the Royal Courts of Justice in London.The files are classified...
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 116
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Organization of Stamp Offices: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1902-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are headquarters' files of the Board of Inland Revenue, relating to Stamp Offices in the provinces and in Scotland and Wales; there is also one file for the Stamp Office in the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
The files are classified under the name of the town or place concerned. They contain papers dealing mainly with establishment and accommodation matters and questions concerning the extent and continuance of local stamping facilities.
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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, 1849-2005
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 file(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
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9454/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
373,342 records
Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
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