"From Hell" letter

Title: "From Hell" letter
Description: A letter sent to George Lusk, the head of Whitechapel's Mile End Vigilance Committee, on October 16, 1888. The message was supposedly accompanied by half of a kidney (purportedly from Catherine Eddowes), which was later thought to be a prank.
Contributor: Transcription written by WhitechapelJack.com
Creator: Anonymous
Date: October 16, 1888
Extent: 1 page
Format: Document
Language: English
Provenance: The National Archives (UK), sourced from George Lusk and the London Metropolitan Police
Publisher: The National Archives (UK)
Rights: Public Domain
Subject: The murder of Catherine Eddowes, as well as police and militia investigation of Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel murders
Temporal Coverage: 1888
Type: Correspondence
Relation: "Bodies of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes (Jack the Ripper victims) are discovered, Oct 1888"; 'With the Vigilance Committee in the East-End'; "The East-End Murders"; 'Incidents Relating to the East End Murders'; "The Whitechapel mystery"; Death Certificate of Catherine Eddowes

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Title	Class
'With the Vigilance Committee in the East-End'	Image
"Bodies of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes (Jack the Ripper victims) are discovered, Oct 1888"	Image
"Sir Charles Warren's Resignation"	Image
"The Whitechapel mystery"	Image
Death Certificate of Catherine Eddowes	Image

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