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: Parliamentary Section and successors: Parliamentary Commissioner...
Catalogue reference: IR 140
What's it about?
IR 140
Correspondence and drafts of responses to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration concerning complaints against the government including the Inland Revenue.The files only cover cases that relate to complaints that have either led to a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IR 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Parliamentary Section and successors: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration Case Files (PCA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1974-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and drafts of responses to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration concerning complaints against the government including the Inland Revenue.
The files only cover cases that relate to complaints that have either led to a change of procedure within the department or highlighted conflicting views between the department and the commissioner.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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PCA file series
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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 Inland Revenue, Parliamentary Section, 1974-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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9 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration was appointed in 1967 to investigate complaints against the government including the Inland Revenue, usually forwarded by MPs.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9600/
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Board of Inland Revenue: Parliamentary Section and successors: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration Case Files (PCA Series)
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