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: Valuation Office: Chief Valuer's Office Registered Files
Catalogue reference: IR 136
What's it about?
IR 136
This series contains the main series of Valuation Office registered files. The files relate to the staffing, organization and operation of the Valuation Office and to computerisation. Some case papers on valuations of particular properties are...
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 136
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Chief Valuer's Office Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the main series of Valuation Office registered files. The files relate to the staffing, organization and operation of the Valuation Office and to computerisation. Some case papers on valuations of particular properties are also included.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged in numerical order within each particular file series.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 68 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9596/
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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Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Chief Valuer's Office Registered Files
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