Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Office Administration (OA Series)
Catalogue reference: MEPO 30
What's it about?
MEPO 30
This series consists of registered files relating to office procedures of the Metropolitan Police. The records relate to office administrative procedures, official records and registration and illustrate major changes in procedures such as the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Office Administration (OA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files relating to office procedures of the Metropolitan Police. The records relate to office administrative procedures, official records and registration and illustrate major changes in procedures such as the introduction of new registry or local record keeping procedures.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former file reference order within each accession
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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)
- OA file series
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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)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 Metropolitan Police Office
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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
- Policing
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1969
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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/C10837/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MEPO
Records of the Metropolitan Police Office
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Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Office Administration (OA Series)
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