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March 13, 2009

Thomas Jefferson secret message took over 200 years to solve

From an article in American Scientist:

On Christmas Day, 1801, Thomas Jefferson received a letter from University of Pennsylvania mathematician Robert Patterson. The last page of that letter employed a cipher described in earlier pages, but Patterson did not include the key.

Who:


Kendall Giles

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Status:


Assistant Professor
Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research
College of Humanities and Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University

Associate Staff Scientist
Human Language Technology Center for Excellence (HLTCOE)
Johns Hopkins University

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Email:


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Mail:


first two letters of first name + last name + @vcu.edu
Oliver 2061
PO Box 843083
1001 West Main Street
Richmond, VA 23284

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