I don’t actually believe there is a ‘treasure as described ‘ to be found….but do feel the codes could be deciphered to provide answers to a mystery hidden in the Beale Papers. His compromise, or way out, was According to the story that is one heck of a wild happening and would make sense with the amount of gold and silver they acquired. the wording in each of them. While I am perfectly willing to answer any question and back up my claim on this site, it may be easier if you write me- or check out my new publication- available on Amazon.com “Solving the Beale Papers” by Paul Stewart. Then, he would have discovered that cipher numbers 807 and 647 were not decoded as letters "V" and The method involves adding or subtracting a trial displacement to one or more cipher These are the numbers for the first cipher. It is also known that word 95 in the Declaration Thanks all for the recent comments! A bit over a year ago I joined this cool forum to share some of what I have found in decoding the Beale Papers cipher 1 and 3 . The relation to Jefferson and King George 3rd is much more obvious and direct. 2 were decoded, and But then again, it is a story….a story that was published by J.B. Ward in 1885… 20 years AFTER the Denver gold rush was a national headline. This is the second time someone used my ideas from that website without giving credit.Someone else even used my words verbatim. Originally in the forefront, the Commonwealth dissolved its Grand Council in 1841, declaring it invalid- subsequently, they not only could not accept the authority of the new General Grand Council, they couldn’t even be approached, as there was no independent Cryptic presence. 2. The DOI was used as a Key to Cipher 2 and Thomas J Beale was implied to be Thomas Jefferson T    H     E    C    O, 239, 10, 26, 811, Beale Ciphers | Virginia Thomas Beale was a 19 th ... two, was decoded in the late 1800s when someone discovered the key was the Declaration of Independence. leave this entirely to conjecture. Moreover, the author would likely have recognized Beale never reappeared, nor his … would serve as test cases. and a copy of the Declaration. Gold, Silver, Jewels(3 types) Like 2700ish and it was like 1300 for the other two…, Your email address will not be published. So, to me, the only sure way would be that he left the key in the box. Only the second cipher has been solved. 2 (79 percent) could be correctly decoded. If true, I felt that the author would likely have adopted the same short cut that I hit upon after attempting Numbers are everything to Masons, for they believe God cannot speak in language as these are human-created and thus the meanings of words open for interpretation. Also, it didn't take In 1820, Thomas Beale met and befriended Robert Morriss, a Virginia innkeeper. July 21, 2016 adminjohn. I’m just outside Lynchburg, Va. if anyone wants to collaborate on this one sometime. (The paper that had no connection with the Declaration). What I found provides, beyond a shadow of a doubt, proof that the Papers were indeed penned as a highly complex Masonic allegory; written in celebration of a event unique in the history of Freemasonry. Caesar cipher: Encode and decode online. lol. after additional portions of the cipher text had been decoded. Thanks for posting some of your findings. The candidate makes three circuits of the Lodge: there were three assassins of Khir-Om, and he was slain by three blows while seeking to escape by the three gates of the Temple.”. My additional examples of 3, which you did not come up with (I’m assuming)- Beale would stay at Morriss’ hotel for 3 months, 3 spans of 23, 3 reasons why Morriss chose the unknown author: (friendship, youth, confidence), One edition of the Beale Papers begins with the number 3. the beale vault Was located by decoding secretly hidden directions located within Cipher One of the Locality Cipher. But, I can also see, from a marketing perspective, why he elected to omit this information Today, the rite is better known as “Cryptic Rite”. The surname Morriss is used 33 times in the Papers. What some persons too easily overlook is that the author could have decoded No. I believe the codes can be broken once finding the correct key; and if not leading one to an physical treasures, still holds a powerful purpose. I sure don’t Jenny…I wish I could help you there. words 148 and 149 ("or to") are replaced by a single word ("or" or "and"). The name "Beale Ciphers" originates from the story that the treasure was buried by a man named Thomas J. Beale, a story detailed by a pamphlet released in 1885. same person. Likewise, he may have noticed that number 308 should decode procure." (as long as it’s legal–I should add that..lol), Have you ever been there yet Jenny? Determining the additional steps or methods for using the Declaration of Independence to decode the Beale Ciphers seems to remain the challenge. In November and December of 1819, “The True Chart or Hieroglyphic Monitor” the first book containing the Degrees of Royal Master and Select Master, was published by Jeremy L. Cross. that readers would want to see how No. The Beale Ciphers are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated to be worth over USD$63 million. to the present discussion. When we visited the Peaks of Otter and then the National D Day memorial in Bedford, we made an all too brief excursion around the area. negatively impact the sale of pamphlets. To recap, Thomas Beale and thirty other people excavated a massive treasure between 1819 and 1821. Thus, it may be surmised that Beale's Declaration contained the word "unalienable," not "inalienable," The tale includes; “The papers enclosed herewith will be unintelligible without the key, which will reach you in time, and will be found merely to state the contents of our depository, with its exact location, and a list of names of our party, with their places of residence, etc.”. They reburied it in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. 2. If you are interested in a direct and even more shocking tie-up between the Fandango and Thrill, I can work it up pretty quickly, and post. Thus, no discrepancy occurs between the two Declarations until after word 241. printed by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776 (referred to as the Dunlap broadside), is the word "unalienable" Learn how your comment data is processed. There are people that continue to look for this great treasure every day. the preface to the book. first twenty-one cipher numbers in No. pamphlet's Declaration. 2. 3 could be solved by finding the right key texts. the Message in Paper No. When Morriss is given the box from Beale, he waits 23-years to open it. Binah, and Daath; Gedulah, Geburah and Tepareth. Thus, during decipherment the affected cipher numbers Over the next few months, Morriss received several letters from Beale, recounting the party's exploits and instructing him not to open the strongbox until 1832. There are also 23 mistakes made in the Beale version of the Declaration when compared against the actual. Before continuing, it is worthwhile to note that with Buford’s Tavern had another tavern in Black Horse Gap, called the Black Horse Tavern..which I think is part of the Appalachian Trail… here is a picture http://runtrails.net/2009/sept28.htm, Do you know where the Old Buford’s Tavern is? In the discussion that follows, I shall refer to the words in the decoded plain text. G     E    D    F      O     his key, and that number 308 was intended to refer to word 309 and that number 316 was intended to refer to word 317. They were created to add adventure to a story. In our case, it works. numbers and the matching decoded letters, it seems clear that the author could have deduced that numbers 807, 647, and 811 The southern intersection is in rolling farmland, the northern location is literally right atop the Blueridge Parkway. The mysterious codes supposedly gave directions to a treasure buried in a secret location in Bedford County, Va., in the 1820s. But to find the Beale treasure you need to decode three ciphers, and two of three are still unsolved after 200 years. However, I will be visiting the area in about another month….so if you have anything special you would like me to take images of or scout around, just let me know…. Another interesting tidbit….Beale’s treasure is said to be buried “about 4 miles” from Bufords. The twenty-one cipher numbers are these: 115, Perhaps the most famous of 19th century Masons was Albert Pike, who had this to say about the number 3: “There are three Degrees in Blue Masonry…The candidate gains admission by three raps, and three raps call up the Brethren. and the Declaration selected by the author (reprinted in Ward's pamphlet) are different—they have slightly different Richard- You’ve never provided me with anything nor did I canvass Ron Gervais’ website for stuff to steal and then not credit people for it. 2, rather than 1 and No. The papers will not make sense without the key to decode them. The Key to the Beale Ciphers has been found. I know he wrote several letters and left them in a box, I wondered how he would be so sure that the Key to de-cipher would reach him. So much for honor, I meant to add that I do not believe some Masonic Conspiracy led to The Beale papers. The two words "mean time" or "mean-time" occur in 305 of the 321 Declarations Instead of replacing each word in the secret message with a number, you replace each letter in the secret message with a number. And knowing the one coded message was cracked by using the Declaration of Independence, it would indicate they all might be. Because the odds of this string being discovered is highly improbable if the numbers were randomly selected for the tale, many feel this offers proof something remains to be discovered within the Beale Cipher story. And, maybe he hoped on the off chance someone did solve the other code maybe they’d share the actual loot with him since he was the one that turned them on to the quest, or a finders fee if you will. pamphlet form, it is supposed that he recognized two important things. Its very interesting. I’m not trying to sell books here, but I strongly believe I’ve solved the Beale Paper mystery- and that there is in fact, no treasure to be had. 2, many of these people would have been discouraged before ever beginning the task. The mysterious codes supposedly gave directions to a treasure buried in a secret location in Bedford County, Va., in the 1820s. Yet, cipher number They were supposed to lead to a treasure but were never solved. Also another thing that is interesting about this…. numbers 807 and 647 are not decoded, but instead represented as spaces, actually makes it easier to see probable There was a French scholar in 1770 who put together about 300 men, 500 horses, and mules in New Orleans; who then made their way up northwest. Additional cipher numbers are tested to provide Paper number “1” describes the exact locality of the vault, so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.”. I just thought it was odd that numbers in one of the papers were much larger than in any of the other 2 papers. At this time only a few people have said they have decoded The Beale Ciphers. Solving a cipher is perfectly easy if you have the key, but that’s the problem. Moreover, it was the author's intention to say in the pamphlet that Those are fairly self-evident to anyone from a reading of the Papers. his work of deciphering cipher No. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. printed in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The method he used was a ‘book cipher’. key happens by accident to reference word "to" beginning with the letter "T." The word "to" Categories. Whether this decipherment would lead to the supposed millions worth of treasure, however, as said within the tale, continues to be another debated topic. Sounds like a lot of little interesting towns in that area. Oh and here is an explanation of the two and why they were so important to making Buford’s Tavern such a well known and respected tavern for travelers…. 2 using a correctly numbered Declaration, be decoded correctly. There are three principal officers of the Lodge, three lights at the Altar, three gates of the Temple; all in the East, West and South. work involved in decoding No. Numbers are constant and mean the same thing to everyone- regardless of what universe you’re from. 3 using just a few different candidate key texts. Seeing the potential truth in such a statement I investigated the Papers in search of additional evidence. The pamphlet's author For sake He probably rechecked the numbering of the words in his Declaration, but alas numbers 807 and 647 could not So much to consider and I will. Many remain unsolved. So, is it coincidence then, that within the Beale Papers there are: Three ciphers in the Beale Papers The letter by letter method makes it easier to encode a message with unusual words that may not appear in the book. Even You did find; 3 cities (St Louis, Lynchburg, Santa Fe), 3 initials (TJB) etc, 3 words in The Beale Papers, King George III, and Thomas Jefferson being the third president- and if you read my book, you’ll notice I did NOT use those examples in my solution. Even before numbering additional Beale and the author were two different persons, not the I spent some time trying to break the ciphers, by selecting different books and documents, numbering them by word and by letter, Because, if one numbers the signatures located at the bottom of the actual Declaration of Independence, starting from the top left, and working downwards, column-by-column, one finds that the 23rd signature is Robert Morris; the same name (albeit with one less S), as Robert Morriss the innkeeper. Late 2014 the code's have been cracked and I am working to the final draft at this time. Why is 23 important? The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. Many in fact, most Declarations printed before 1823 contain the word "unalienable." lol. From this, the author must have realized that Beale had likely made an error in preparing his key—perhaps Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Affiliate Disclosure. Ward in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was able to decode ‘Beale Paper #2’ revealing the contents of the treasure, by using the Declaration of Independence as a … and therefore that the two Declarations are different and taken from two different source works (probably books). words in his Declaration and decoding additional cipher numbers in No. To this day only the second cipher has been decoded. He is usually very prompt. displacement. I recalled that the author of the pamphlet said "With this idea, a test was made of every book I could same procedure can be repeated to renumber additional affected words in the Declaration. 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. printed afterwards. of the Beale Cypher Association expressed some concern that no one had yet explained how the pamphlet's author went about If you look on the map I am in Radford which is SW of Roanoke. Jefferson was our 3rd President Its definitely right up your alley Iron, and the setting is very close to you. I would need to get up to speed, but that would happen quickly. We will be looking at some of them and there stories on this site. I am aware that this certainly cuts strongly towards the "hoax" theory of the Beale Ciphers but is not conclusive as it could also be interpreted to cut towards a "confederate gold" theory of the Beale Ciphers as well as one or two other theories. while at the same time correcting certain of the decoded letters. If you believe the lore, Beale found a treasure of gold, silver, and jewels out West, hauled it home to Virginia, and buried it. Who really knows but those men who live no longer. F. Notice that number 554 in the author's correctly numbered other differences in the two Declarations, as well. The Beale treasure has such allure. It seems whenever there is some such mystery someone thinks it relates to the Masons or Knight’s in its Proceedings. Thus, the author was probably careful to avoid making mistakes in numbering the words or letters in each text. Would you have any locations of those less known about? By the late 1970s, members "I." You will find a copy of my book entitled DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A Checklist decoded text are correct to start with. Wherever there be treasure! Many searchers have then suspected another important document or book may have been used as the key for decoding these; instead of the Declaration of Independence which was used to decipher Beale Paper 2. Only numbers greater than 241 would have decoded incorrectly. Nineteen is the distance south, Left onto second point. renumbered so that the affected cipher numbers will reference the correct words in the Declaration. Jeremy L. Cross created the first Cryptic Council at Richmond on December 25, 1817. Featured Question with Forrest: Pirates and Treasures, Secret and Sensitive Information: Questions with Duncan. 179 likes. A beale cipher is a modified Book Cipher. There are three principal officers of the Lodge, three lights at the Altar, three gates of the Temple; all in the East, West and South. ... De Beale cijfers (of Beale Papers) zijn een reeks van drie ciphertexts, waarvan er één naar verluidt stelt de locatie van een begraven schat van goud, ... Unsolved Mysteries; en de 2011 Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring aflevering van de History Channel TV tonen Brad Meltzer's Decoded. 5, 196, 308, 85, 52, 160, 136, 59, 211, 26, 9, 46, 316, 554, 122, U      N   T    F      O   F     Thomas Jefferson Beale and his party of 30 hunters supposedly found the Denver/Pikes Peak Gold Rush 3 and a half decades before anyone else. 7)The Beale Ciphers are believed solvable (by some) Besides physically searching through the mountains and valleys of Bedford county Virginia for where the lost treasure of Beale might rest, many put ‘Today’s the day’ thought and hope into the solving of the Beale Ciphers. This mystery of VA has been on my radar for a few years. made by Beale in numbering his copy of the Declaration, and thereby permit No. Zodiac Killer Ciphers: Between 1966 and 1974 the Zodiac killer sent these encrypted messages to the police. have all been tried on codes 1 and 3 without success. A variant of the Vigenère cipher, which uses numbers instead of letters to describe the sequence of shifts, is called a Gronsfeld cipher. Fair enough? So I can speak with some authority about these 321 Declarations. fact there was a bit of luck involved in the selection of Beale's Declaration and the author's Declaration, which is worthwhile Comments are closed. I first told this in a paper on Ron Gervais’ website Beale Cipher Analysis. Binah, and Daath; Gedulah, Geburah and Tepareth. 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