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: Old Captions and Transfer Papers
Catalogue reference: PCOM 5
What's it about?
PCOM 5
Copies of orders of court ('old captions') for the imprisonment or transportation of convicts and transfer papers for removal of a convict to a government prison, each containing the penal records and other particulars of the prisoners. PLEASE...
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 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Old Captions and Transfer Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of orders of court ('old captions') for the imprisonment or transportation of convicts and transfer papers for removal of a convict to a government prison, each containing the penal records and other particulars of the prisoners.
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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)
- 52 box(es)
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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
- Transportation
- Crime
- Prisons
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Reference is by means of indexes in PCOM 6
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11500/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PCOM
Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department
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Home Office: Old Captions and Transfer Papers
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