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
Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences
Catalogue reference: PCOM 3
What's it about?
PCOM 3
Notes of licences to male convicts to be at large, and notes of revocation of such licences, under the Penal Servitude Acts 1853 and 1864 endorsed on old captions and, in some cases, transfer papers. PLEASE NOTE: Electronic images of selected...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PCOM 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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Notes of licences to male convicts to be at large, and notes of revocation of such licences, under the Penal Servitude Acts 1853 and 1864 endorsed on old captions and, in some cases, transfer papers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also: Home Office and Prison Commission: Registers and Indexes: PCOM 6
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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)
- 770 box(es)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 100 year closure
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Reference is by means of registers in PCOM 6
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11498/
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Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences
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