"Anonymous letter to City of London Police about Jack the Ripper"
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Title
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"Anonymous letter to City of London Police about Jack the Ripper"
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Description
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This anonymous letter was sent to the City of London Police in October 1888, accusing "Jekyll and Hyde" actor Richard Mansfield of committing the Jack the Ripper murders.
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Creator
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Anonymous
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Date
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October 5 1888
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Extent
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2 pages
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Format
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Document
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Language
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English
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Provenance
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British Library, sourced from the British Newspaper Archive
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Publisher
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British Library
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Rights
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Copyright of the London Metropolitan Archives
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Rights Holder
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London Metropolitan Archives
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Subject
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A written accusation of murder in the Jack the Ripper case
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Temporal Coverage
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1888
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Type
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Correspondence
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Spatial Coverage
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Front and back of a piece of stationary paper