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II. Cipher Table, [April 1803?]
II. Cipher Table
[April 1803?]
suppose the key word to be ‘antipodes’
| write it thus. | a | n | t | i | p | o | d | e | s | a | n | t | i | p | o | d | e | s | a | n | t | i | p | o | d | e | s |
| to be cyphered | t | h | e | m | a | n | w | h | o | s | e | m | i | n | d | o | n | v | i | r | t | u | e | b | e | n | t |
| u | v | y | v | q | b | & | m | g | t | s | f | r | c | s | s | s | n | j | e | m | c | u | q | i | t | m |
then copy out the cyphered line thus. uvyvqb&mgtsfrcsssnjemcuqitm
numbers are thus. 18. is b v. 1798 is thus b u b q
the method is this.
| look for t. | in the 1st. vertical column, & a | in the 1st horizontal one. gives u |
| h | n | v |
| e | t | y |
| m | i | v |
| a | p | q |
| n | o | b |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 131:22608); undated; entirely in TJ’s hand; endorsed by him: “Cypher establd. with Captain Lewis” and “key. Artichokes.”
copy out the cyphered line thus: the final letters of the encipherment should be s and l rather than t and m.

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