bigscoop
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Bigpoopscoop's Summation
Here's what I can tell you with a high degree of certainty in the following summation “if” this story holds any measure of truth, which it quite possibly could.
Here's what I can tell you with a high degree of certainty in the following summation “if” this story holds any measure of truth, which it quite possibly could.
- The author of the letters, the story, and the ciphers were the same person.
- Whoever wrote the story had a high degree of education in, and/or access to, language, grammar, law, and cipher design and application.
- Ward was not the author.
- If the story holds any measure of truth then the author held intimate knowledge of the alleged events because he most likely participated in those events.
- At the time of the pamphlet's publication the author was of later years, probably in his late eighties or early nineties, if he was still alive? Keep in mind that the pamphlet had of been penned before it's actual publication date or the date of copyright application, but just how far prior?
- Something about Richmond Virginia held great importance to the enterprise but just exactly what that was is still uncertain?
- Thomas Beale was not calling the shots, it has just been assumed as much since the story details that he was elected captain?
- The dates of deposit offered in the pamphlet are accurate.
- The deposits in question are not in the form of raw gold and silver and they did not come from mines.
- The Adams Onis Treaty was the single event that resulted in the two deposits, and the reasons for them.
- “If” any of this is true it still will not lead to successful solution of the remaining two “altered” ciphers.
- At this time I believe I may know who the real author was and why he elected to write “his story.”
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