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'.
Piece
Correspondence (described in detail at item level)
Catalogue reference: HO 64/1
What’s it about?
This record is about the Correspondence (described in detail at item level) dating from 1820-1830 in the series Home Office: Criminal (Rewards and Pardons) Correspondence and Secret Service Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 64/1
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Date (When the record was created)
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1820-1830
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Description (What the record is about)
- Correspondence (described in detail at item level)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The digital images of these records were taken from old microfilm copies. A later cataloguing project restored the chronological arrangement of the papers and re-foliated the pages. As a result, the folio numbering of the catalogue descriptions for individual items does not match the numbering of the digital images, and some images may appear out of sequence.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1357412/
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Series information
HO 64
Home Office: Criminal (Rewards and Pardons) Correspondence and Secret Service Reports
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Within the series: HO 64
Home Office: Criminal (Rewards and Pardons) Correspondence and Secret Service Reports
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Correspondence (described in detail at item level)
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