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
Treasury: Departmental Accounts
Catalogue reference: T 38
What's it about?
T 38
Departmental accounts covering a wide range of fiscal, and domestic, military and colonial financial subjects, also matters relating to the Police Force and the Metropolitan Police Force. PLEASE NOTE: Electronic images of selected pieces of these...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Departmental Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1558-1937
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Description (What the record is about)
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Departmental accounts covering a wide range of fiscal, and domestic, military and colonial financial subjects, also matters relating to the Police Force and the Metropolitan Police Force.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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876 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13775/
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Treasury: Departmental Accounts
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