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CONJECTURE AND SPECULATION
While most are familar with Edgar Allan Poe's "THE GOLD BUG",published 1843,which showed how any simple substitution cipher can be solved by using the frequency of letter occurrences,few are aware of Poe's analytical writings on cryptography written nearly 20 years before the Civil War.In his articles he described a new way to read a "skytale" message and told how to make cipher grilles,disks,book and dictionary codes.Spies and soldiers on both sides during the war used Poe's works as their guides,and Poe is considered the founder of American cryptography.
The SIGNAL CORPS OF THE US was headed by Union Major Albert J Myer,who devised the ciphers and codes for the Union Army,and two of his best student,JEB Stuart and E P Alexander joined the CSA with their knowledge of Union ciphers and codes.
The point being both sides used codes and ciphers,but the SOUTH developed counter "double" ciphers,codes within codes to lead to the real message.
Now to Beale.Everyone agrees the KEY is the DOI,but is that just the first cipher that leads to the real message?
Or is the DOI the "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA DECLARATION OF THE IMMEDIATE CAUSES WHICH INDUCE AND JUSTIFY THE SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THE FEDERAL UNION",adopted Dec 24,1860?
...Or the other 9 CSA state "DOI''s known as "THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION" ( April 17,1861 is the date on the Virginia version)?
Then we find that CSA Major E S Hutter saved head of the CSA Secret Service Judah P Benjamin's personal Vattel's book,and it is well known the connection between Benjamin and Albert Pike of the KGC.
It is possible that the BEALE PAMPHLET contains codes within codes and has more to do with the KGC than with any Beale treasure.
While most are familar with Edgar Allan Poe's "THE GOLD BUG",published 1843,which showed how any simple substitution cipher can be solved by using the frequency of letter occurrences,few are aware of Poe's analytical writings on cryptography written nearly 20 years before the Civil War.In his articles he described a new way to read a "skytale" message and told how to make cipher grilles,disks,book and dictionary codes.Spies and soldiers on both sides during the war used Poe's works as their guides,and Poe is considered the founder of American cryptography.
The SIGNAL CORPS OF THE US was headed by Union Major Albert J Myer,who devised the ciphers and codes for the Union Army,and two of his best student,JEB Stuart and E P Alexander joined the CSA with their knowledge of Union ciphers and codes.
The point being both sides used codes and ciphers,but the SOUTH developed counter "double" ciphers,codes within codes to lead to the real message.
Now to Beale.Everyone agrees the KEY is the DOI,but is that just the first cipher that leads to the real message?
Or is the DOI the "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA DECLARATION OF THE IMMEDIATE CAUSES WHICH INDUCE AND JUSTIFY THE SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THE FEDERAL UNION",adopted Dec 24,1860?
...Or the other 9 CSA state "DOI''s known as "THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION" ( April 17,1861 is the date on the Virginia version)?
Then we find that CSA Major E S Hutter saved head of the CSA Secret Service Judah P Benjamin's personal Vattel's book,and it is well known the connection between Benjamin and Albert Pike of the KGC.
It is possible that the BEALE PAMPHLET contains codes within codes and has more to do with the KGC than with any Beale treasure.