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: Police Entry Books, Series I
Catalogue reference: HO 65
What's it about?
HO 65
Entry books of Home Office out-letters relating to Bow Street and other metropolitan police offices and courts, the Metropolitan Police (to 1898) and police authorities and forces in England, Wales and Scotland. The series also contains an...
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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HO 65
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Police Entry Books, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
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1795-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of Home Office out-letters relating to Bow Street and other metropolitan police offices and courts, the Metropolitan Police (to 1898) and police authorities and forces in England, Wales and Scotland. The series also contains an alphabetical register of members of the Metropolitan Police Force and an out-letter book of the Birmingham Police, 1839 to 1842.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later out letters are in HO 149
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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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126 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/C8929/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HO
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Home Office: Police Entry Books, Series I
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