I hope this finds you well- I am a new treasure hunter, But I have a wonderful perspective to add to the conversation surrounding this mystery. I included my two separate white papers at the bottom as pdfs. I make no claim to this mystery being solved. I just offer my prospective.....
THE BEALE...
beale ciphers
bibliographic forensics
book ciphers
comparative cryptanalysis.
early american print culture
freemasonry
historical cryptography
homophonicsubstitution
nineteenth-century virginia