![]() “I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about four miles from Buford’s, in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles, belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number “3” herewith The first deposit consisted of one thousand and fourteen pounds of gold, and three thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited November, 1819. Numbering each word in a copy of the Declaration of Independence and then taking the first letter of the word which corresponded to the number listed on Beale Paper 2, a message was revealed. Nevertheless, the pamphlet recounts and demonstrates how one of the three codes was solved by the person entrusted with the box containing the Beale Papers. Whether this decipherment would lead to the supposed millions worth of treasure, however, as said within the tale, continues to be another debated topic. There are those who feel there is enough evidence to suggest otherwise and that the codes do then conceal messages yet to be deciphered within them. It is not wholly believed the lists of numbers are random, though. They were created to add adventure to a story. ![]() If this is the case, then there is nothing to solve. ![]() It would seem the only way to confirm the story is true, or at least hides something of value, is to solve the remaining two codes given in the pamphlet.īut can they be solved? Those who believe the pamphlet was written as a mere entertaining story to be sold for profit feel the unsolved codes are just random lists of numbers. Today, the story cannot be fully dismissed as a hoax or proven to be totally genuine. In 1885, a pamphlet, detailing a tale of hidden treasure and including three pages of numerical codes to solve for the location of the story’s secreted stash, was published by James B.
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