Finding The Real Thomas Beal

[franklin]

jean had this one on his site
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The listing in the Franklin, Missouri Intelligencer had Thomas J. Beall not Thomas J. Beal or Thomas J. Beale.

 

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[Captain Jack Sparrow]

The listing in the Franklin, Missouri Intelligencer had Thomas J. Beall not Thomas J. Beal or Thomas J. Beale.

do you have the april 1820 newspaper link? i just can not find it. i see the viginia one from the other sites.

 

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

Now, you know... READ the TN RULES!

yes, they say you can not post for a banned person. is that what you are talking about? thanks

 

[franklin]

yes, they say you can not post for a banned person. is that what you are talking about? thanks

Yes but not if you are that banned person using another computer and another avatar.

 

[TN_Guest1523]

Yes but not if you are that banned person using another computer and another avatar.

Who would that be ?

I not sure who is banned at this time . We may need to take a role call, dose that sound good ?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

LOL!

 

[masterpoe]

jean had this one on his site
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That is very nice. I have not heard of this before!

 

[masterpoe]

jean had this one on his site
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So, this is proof of Beale in Virginia area at the time of the beginning?

 

[Cryptography]

So, this is proof of Beale in Virginia area at the time of the beginning?

That would be the Thomas Beale everyone has been looking for.

 

[franklin]

That would be the Thomas Beale everyone has been looking for.

Maybe? Maybe not?

 

[ECS]

Most likely not as the Thomas J Beale is only a character name in the job print pamphlet.

 

[bigscoop]

T. Beale, Beal, Beall, or whatever other version of the name anyone desires to lay claim upon. Maybe this is why it was claimed in the pamphlet that he was universally known, because the author knew treasure hunters would attempt to make connection to any of them they possibly could, which has obviously happened, and still is. Yet, still not a single shred of provenance that the story is anything other then an entertaining dime novel.....

 

[Rebel - KGC]

YOU like it then.... VERY entertaining.

 

[bigscoop]

YOU like it then.... VERY entertaining.

It's a very entertaining tale. But so was National Treasure, Fool's Gold, etc., etc.

 

[franklin]

National Treasure I was spun off the Beale Treasure Story. If the author or JBW lived today they could sue and make some doe. National Treasure II was made of off information from this forum. Maybe we should all sue and get us some doe.

You do know HBB was technical adviser for the National Treasure I and maybe NT2?

 

[masterpoe]

Most likely not as the Thomas J Beale is only a character name in the job print pamphlet.

Do you have a good fictional reference that you are basing the whole opinion on?

 

[bigscoop]

Thomas J. Beale is easy to find. in 1885 your author tells you where to look, offers a physical description, notes the city near where he lived, and when you look there you find a Thomas J. Beale fitting all of the above criteria. Imagine that....

What's interesting are the many personal reasons why all of these other T. Beale/Beall/Beal,etc. are being force-fitted into the narration without any supporting evidence/provenance for doing so.

 

[ECS]

Yes, we have read posts where any Beale/Beall/Beal/Bell or any version close to that name will do.
What would be the purpose of the "unknown author" writing THOMAS J BEALE and James Beverly Ward as copyright agent and publisher having the pamphlet printed with THOMAS J BEALE if the name was spelled differently.
The real THOMAS J BEALE is a fictional character in the BEALE PAPERS, and after 130+ years after the publication, no one has been able to prove different.

 

[masterpoe]

Yes, we have read posts where any Beale/Beall/Beal/Bell or any version close to that name will do.
What would be the purpose of the "unknown author" writing THOMAS J BEALE and James Beverly Ward as copyright agent and publisher having the pamphlet printed with THOMAS J BEALE if the name was spelled differently.
The real THOMAS J BEALE is a fictional character in the BEALE PAPERS, and after 130+ years after the publication, no one has been able to prove different.

With all the Thomas Beal's and you still think he is fiction?

 

[masterpoe]

With all the Thomas Beal's and you still think he is fiction?

Shots fired!