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 Service Website
Catalogue reference: MEPO 42
What's it about?
MEPO 42
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Metropolitan Police Service website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of...
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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MEPO 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Metropolitan Police Service Website
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Date (When the record was created)
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From 2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Metropolitan Police Service website.
[Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these parallel links, please see the Arrangement field)]:
Metropolitan Police Service (http://www.met.police.uk).
Metropolitan Police Service (http://content.met.police.uk/Home).
Metropolitan Police (https://beta.met.police.uk/).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level.
This series contains more than one link to the 'snapshots' of this website. For some websites, the URL may change periodically. Despite this change to the URL these websites are part of the same record series as they represent the department or organisation's presence on the web at the time. Occasionally, more than one domain URL to the same website may run in parallel creating an overlap.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Metropolitan Police Office, 1829-1829
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Gathered from original website.
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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
- Official publications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16815/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
72,143 records
Within the department: MEPO
Records of the Metropolitan Police Office
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Metropolitan Police Service Website
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