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
Home Office: Criminal Department: Old Criminal (OC) Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 12
What's it about?
HO 12
Those original letters, memorials and other papers relating to criminal matters entered in the registers in HO 14, which have been preserved.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Criminal Department: Old Criminal (OC) Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1849-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Those original letters, memorials and other papers relating to criminal matters entered in the registers in HO 14, which have been preserved.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Home Office, Criminal Department, 1793-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 196 box(es)
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Descriptions for some of these papers will be found in the body of the HO 45 index for the period 1841-1855. References are shown in full, eg HO 12/20/6035 in that part of the HO 45 catalogue, and are prefixed by the letters OC in that part of 1841-1855 list available in manuscript on open access.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8876/
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