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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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Issue of Special Authority under the Friendly Societies Act 1875 (amended 1896):...
Catalogue reference: FS 23/6
What’s it about?
This record is about the Issue of Special Authority under the Friendly Societies Act 1875 (amended 1896):... dating from 1878-1922 in the series Registry of Friendly Societies: Subject and Policy Files. 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)
- FS 23/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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Issue of Special Authority under the Friendly Societies Act 1875 (amended 1896): guarantee of monies and properties of Friendly Societies or branches against loss by robbery or embezzlement
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Subject Index No. 14
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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
- Friendly societies
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1792577/
Series information
FS 23
Registry of Friendly Societies: Subject and Policy Files
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