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In the 1930's, William Freidman, husband of Elizabeth Smith Friedman traveled to Lynchberg and met with James Beverly Ward's daughter, Adeline Ward McVeigh, Granddaughter, Lelia L Walker, and Great Grandson, Gorham B Walker.
Adeline, who was born in 1885, the year of the Beale Papers publication informed Friedman that her father was the job pamphlet's author. When asked if she had ever seen the iron strongbox that Morriss gave to her father, she replied no. The Walkers only provided lore passed down through the family.
William Friedman concluded the ciphers were a, "diabolical ingenuity, specifically designed to lure the unwary reader".
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