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
MEPO 4. No. 6 Warrant Nos:. 62845 - 77318
Catalogue reference: MEPO 4/335
What’s it about?
This record is about the MEPO 4. No. 6 Warrant Nos:. 62845 - 77318 dating from 1878 July 1 - 1891 Dec 31 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Miscellaneous Books and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 4/335
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878 July 1 - 1891 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
- MEPO 4. No. 6 Warrant Nos:. 62845 - 77318
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Dating: please note that the covering dates at piece level are the original volume dates showing the range of starting dates in the document. At item level, where a date of leaving has been recorded, then that has been included for those individual items to give the full range of dates for an individual officer’s service.
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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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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
- Policing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C210735/
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Series information
MEPO 4
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Miscellaneous Books and Papers
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the series: MEPO 4
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Miscellaneous Books and Papers
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MEPO 4. No. 6 Warrant Nos:. 62845 - 77318
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