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"Anonymous letter to City of London Police about Jack the Ripper"

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

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