tat2guy
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Wat the BS in Va
? Man I woulda joined that trip to meet everyone!!!! 


In his letter of January 4th, 1822, TJB states, "The papers enclosed herewith will be unintelligible without the key...."
This is curious as the word "key" is used in the singular form, yet the DOI in the pamphlet, which was key to C2 does not work for the remaining ciphers. Surely if there had been more then one key TJB would have used the word, "keys" in the plural sense instead of "key" in the singular sense. I know there are those who believe they have solved the remaining ciphers, but sense these solutions have lead to no discoveries and most of them are spotty and unclear at best, one can only conclude that they are the wrong solutions, as C2 was indeed well written, direct, and easily understood. Given this, what are your thoughts on the remaining ciphers as far as the "key" or "keys" debate? Is there only one, or do you believe there has to be more then one?