Errors in Beale Cipher No.2

I have not paid much attention to the famous cryptogram known as the Beal Ciphers (No.1 - No.3). The Beal Ciphers No.1 and No.3 have resisted attempts by many codebreakers in the world and there are many who consider them as a hoax. I will focus on the already solved No.2 herein.

The Beale Ciphers Nos.1-3, attributed to 1822, were first published by J. B. Ward in a pamphlet, 'The Beale Papers, containing authentic statements regarding the treasure buried in 1819 and 1821 near Bufords, in Bedford County, Virginia, and which has never been recovered' (1885) (Wikisource).

The decryption of the Beal Cipher No.2 was presented by Ward, who used the Declaration of Independence as a key. It is a book cipher of the type in which each word of the key text is numbered sequentially and each number in the ciphertext represents the first letter of the word corresponding to that number in the key text. In the text of the Declaration of Independence printed in the pamphlet, the numbers for every tenth word up to 810 (as well as 1-10 and 811-816) are explicitly given.

I read in Benedek Láng, 'A Typology of Pseudo-Cryptology' (HistoCrypt 2025) that several cryptographers tried to replicate Ward's decryption of the Beale Cipher No.2 by using the text of the Declaration of Independence and found it was not straightforward because of difference in editions and numerous errors in the ciphers, meaning that Ward not only used the same version of the Declaration of Independence as used in enciphering but also reproduced the so many errors in exactly the same way, though he made no mention of such corrections in the pamphlet. Láng wonders, "Could it be because the encoder and decoder were one and the same -- Ward himself?"

A doubt on authenticity of the Beale Ciphers based on the published decryption of the Beale Cipher No.2 was long discussed, as addressed in Carl Hammer (1970), "Signature Simulation and Certain cryptographic Codes" (NSA DOCID: 656733): "It has been alleged that the "known solution" to Cypher Number Two: 115, 73, 24, 818, 37, 52, 49, ... ("I have deposited in the County of Bedford about four miles from Buford's in an excavation or vault ...") with the aid of an unsanitized version of the Declaration of Independence was merely a superb, imaginative and grandiose hoax perpetrated ages ago for whatever reasons." (Abstract)

(1) There are obvious errors in the numbering of words in the pamphlet. Specifically,

-- there are 11 words from 240 to 249. Probably, "a" in "a design" was omitted in the counting.

-- "480" is marked twice. That is, there are 20 words assigned 480 to 489. From 485=b, 486=e required by the decryption, we may assume the ten words "He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions" were omitted in the counting (or in the edition used for encryption).

-- there are 11 words from 630 to 639. (The numbers 630-639 are not used in the ciphertext.)

-- there are 11 words from 670 to 679. (The numbers 670-679 are not used in the ciphertext.)

Moreover, the pamphlet numbers the word "self-evident" as two words (78, 79). Although this may not count as an error, counting this as one word would have garbled the decryption.

(2) The Declaration of Independence does not include words beginning with X, Y, or Z. So these letters had to be provided for in a special way. Y is represented by 811 (fundamentally) X is represented by 1005 ("have", if we count the hyphenated "fellow-citizens" as two words (919-920); NSA DOCID 656779 says X is represented by the word "sexes" in the Declaration of Independence, but its numbering seems different). Z does not occur in the plaintext.) Apart from these (and 807=valuable for V), the highest number in the ciphertext is 666.

(3) Comparing the decryption with the key with corrected numbering as above still leaves discrepancies.

- The pamphlet uses "inalienable" for the 95th word but it should be "unalienable" because the number 95 is used for U.

(4) Just for completeness' sake, the plaintext given in the pamphlet includes some textual differences from the raw decryption. See the section "Decryption vs Plaintext in the Pamphlet" below.

Key Text: Declaration of Independence

When,(1) in(2) the(3) course(4) of(5) human(6) events(7) it(8) becomes(9) necessary(10) for(11) one(12) people(13) to(14) dissolve(15) the(16) political(17) bands(18) which(19) have(20)(20) connected(21) them(22) with(23) another,(24) and(25) to(26) assume(27) among(28) the(29) powers(30)(30) of(31) the(32) earth,(33) the(34) separate(35) and(36) equal(37) station(38) to(39) which(40)(40) the(41) laws(42) of(43) nature(44) and(45) of(46) nature's(47) God(48) entitle(49) them,(50)(50) a(51) decent(52) respect(53) to(54) the(55) opinions(56) of(57) mankind(58) requires(59) that(60)(60) they(61) should(62) declare(63) the(64) causes(65) which(66) impel(67) them(68) to(69) the(70)(70) separation.(71) We(72) hold(73) these(74) truths(75) to(76) be(77) self(78) evident(79) that(80)(80) all(81) men(82) are(83) created(84) equal;(85) that(86) they(87) are(88) endowed(89) by(90)(90) their(91) Creator(92) with(93) certain(94) inalienable(95) rights;(96) that(97) among(98) these(99) are(100)(100) life,(101) liberty,(102) and(103) the(104) pursuit(105) of(106) happiness;(107) that(108) to(109) secure(110)(110) their(111) rights,(112) governments(113) are(114) instituted(115) among(116) men,(117) deriving(118) their(119) just(120)(120) powers(121) from(122) the(123) consent(124) of(125) the(126) governed;(127) that(128) when(129) any(130)(130) form(131) of(132) government(133) becomes(134) destructive(135) of(136) these(137) ends,(138) it(139) is(140)(140) the(141) right(142) of(143) the(144) people(145) to(146) alter(147) or(148) to(149) abolish(150)(150) it,(151) and(152) to(153) institute(154) a(155) new(156) government,(157) laying(158) its(159) foundation(160)(160) on(161) such(162) principles(163) and(164) organizing(165) its(166) powers(167) in(168) such(169) form,(170)(170) as(171) to(172) them(173) shall(174) seem(175) most(176) likely(177) to(178) effect(179) their(180)(180) safety(181) and(182) happiness.(183) Prudence,(184) indeed,(185) will(186) dictate(187) that(188) governments(189) long(190)(190) established,(191) should(192) not(193) be(194) changed(195) for(196) light(197) and(198) transient(199) causes;(200)(200) and(201) accordingly(202) all(203) experience(204) hath(205) shown(206) that(207) mankind(208) are(209) now(210)(210) disposed(211) to(212) suffer,(213) while(214) evils(215) are(216) sufferable,(217) than(218) to(219) right(220)(220) themselves(221) by(222) abolishing(223) the(224) forms(225) to(226) which(227) they(228) are(229) accustomed.(230)(230) But,(231) when(232) a(233) long(234) train(235) of(236) abuses(237) and(238) usurpations,(239) pursuing(240)(240) invariably(241) the(242) same(243) object,(244) evinces(245) a design(246) to(247) reduce(248) them(249) under(250)(250) absolute(251) despotism,(252) it(253) is(254) their(255) right,(256) it(257) is(258) their(259) duty,(260)(260) to(261) throw(262) off(263) such(264) government,(265) and(266) to(267) provide(268) new(269) guards(270)(270) for(271) their(272) future(273) security.(274) Such(275) has(276) been(277) the(278) patient(279) sufferance(280)(280) of(281) these(282) colonies,(283) and(284) such(285) is(286) now(287) the(288) necessity(289) which(290)(290) constrains(291) them(292) to(293) alter(294) their(295) former(296) systems(297) of(298) government.(299) The(300)(300) history(301) of(302) the(303) present(304) King(305) of(306) Great(307) Britain(308) is(309) a(310)(310) history(311) of(312) repeated(313) injuries(314) and(315) usurpations,(316) all(317) having(318) in(319) direct(320)(320) object(321) the(322) establishment(323) of(324) an(325) absolute(326) tyranny(327) over(328) these(329) States.(330)(330) To(331) prove(332) this,(333) let(334) facts(335) be(336) submitted(337) to(338) a(339) candid(340)(340) world.(341) He(342) has(343) refused(344) his(345) assent(346) to(347) laws(348) the(349) most(350)(350) wholesome(351) and(352) necessary(353) for(354) the(355) public(356) good.(357) He(358) has(359) forbidden(360)(360) his(361) governors(362) to(363) pass(364) laws(365) of(366) immediate(367) and(368) pressing(369) importance,(370)(370) unless(371) suspended(372) in(373) their(374) operation(375) till(376) his(377) assent(378) should(379) be(380)(380) obtained;(381) and(382) when(383) so(384) suspended(385) he(386) has(387) utterly(388) neglected(389) to(390)(390) attend(391) to(392) them.(393) He(394) has(395) refused(396) to(397) pass(398) other(399) laws(400)(400) for(401) the(402) accommodation(403) of(404) large(405) districts(406) of(407) people,(408) unless(409) those(410)(410) people(411) would(412) relinquish(413) their(414) right(415) of(416) representation(417) in(418) the(419) legislature,(420)(420) a(421) right(422) inestimable(423) to(424) them(425) and(426) formidable(427) to(428) tyrants(429) only.(430)(430) He(431) has(432) called(433) together(434) legislative(435) bodies(436) at(437) places(438) unusual,(439) uncomfortable(440)(440) and(441) distant(442) from(443) the(444) depositary(445) of(446) their(447) public(448) records,(449) for(450)(450) the(451) sole(452) purpose(453) of(454) fatiguing(455) them(456) into(457) compliance(458) with(459) his(460)(460) measures.(461) He(462) has(463) dissolved(464) representative(465) houses(466) repeatedly(467) for(468) opposing(469) with(470)(470) manly(471) firmness,(472) his(473) invasions(474) on(475) the(476) rights(477) of(478) the(479) people.(480)(480) ~~He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions,(480)~~ to(481) cause(482) others(483) to(484) be(485) elected;(486) whereby(487) the(488) legislative(489) powers,(490)(490) incapable(491) of(492) annihilation,(493) have(494) returned(495) to(496) the(497) people(498) at(499) large(500)(500) for(501) their(502) exercise,(503) the(504) State(505) remaining,(506) in(507) the(508) meantime,(510)(510) exposed(511) to(512) all(513) the(514) danger(515) of(516) invasion(517) from(518) without,(519) and(520)(520) convulsions(521) within.(522) He(523) has(524) endeavored(525) to(526) prevent(527) the(528) population(529) of(530)(530) these(531) States,(532) for(533) that(534) purpose,(535) obstructing(536) the(537) laws(538) of(539) naturalization(540)(540) of(541) foreigners;(542) refusing(543) to(544) pass(545) others(546) to(547) encourage(548) their(549) migration(550)(550) hither,(551) and(552) raising(553) the(554) conditions(555) of(556) new(557) appropriations(558) of(559) lands.(560)(560) He(561) has(562) obstructed(563) the(564) administration(565) of(566) justice(567) by(568) refusing(569) his(570)(570) assent(571) to(572) laws(573) for(574) establishing(575) judiciary(576) powers.(577) He(578) has(579) made(580)(580) judges(581) dependent(582) on(583) his(584) will(585) alone(586) for(587) the(588) tenure(589) of(590)(590) their(591) offices,(592) and(593) the(594) amount(595) and(596) payment(597) of(598) their(599) salaries.(600)(600) He(601) has(602) erected(603) a(604) multitude(605) of(606) new(607) offices,(608) and(609) sent(610)(610) hither(611) swarms(612) of(613) officers(614) to(615) harass(616) our(617) people(618) and(619) eat(620)(620) out(621) their(622) substance.(623) He(624) has(625) kept(626) among(627) us(628) in(629) times(630)(630) of(631) peace(632) standing(633) armies,(634) without(635) ~~the~~ consent(636) of(637) our(638) legislature.(639)
He(640)(640) has(641) offered(642) to(643) render(644) the(645) military(646) independent(647) of(648) and(649) superior(650)(650) to(651) the(652) civil(653) power.(654) He(655) has(656) combined(657) with(658) others(659) to(660)(660) subject(661) us(662) to(663) a(664) jurisdiction(665) foreign(666) to(667) our(668) constitution,(669) and(670)(670) unacknowledged(671) by(672) our(673) laws,(674) giving(675) his(676) assent(677) to(678) ~~their~~ acts(679) of(680)(680) pretended(681) legislation.(682) For(683) quartering(684) large(685) bodies(686) of(687) armed(688) troops(689) among(690)(690) us;(691) For(692) protecting(693) them,(694) by(695) a(696) mock(697) trial,(698) from(699) punishment,(700)(700) for(701) any(702) murders(703) which(704) they(705) should(706) commit(707) on(708) the(709) inhabitants(710)(710) of(711) these(712) States;(713) For(714) cutting(715) off(716) our(717) trade(718) with(719) all(720)(720) parts(721) of(722) the(723) world;(724) For(725) imposing(726) taxes(727) on(728) us(729) without(730)(730) our(731) consent;(732) For(733) depriving(734) us,(735) in(736) many(737) cases,(738) of(739) the(740)(740) benefits(741) of(742) trial(743) by(744) jury;(745) For(746) transporting(747) us(748) beyond(749) seas(750)(750) to(751) be(752) tried(753) for(754) pretended(755) offences;(756) For(757) abolishing(758) the(759) free(760)(760) system(761) of(762) English(763) laws(764) in(765) a(766) neighboring(767) province,(768) establishing(769) therein(770)(770) an(771) arbitrary(772) government,(773) and(774) enlarging(775) its(776) boundaries(777) so(778) as(779) to(780)(780) render(781) it,(782) at(783) once,(784) an(785) example(786) and(787) fit(788) instrument(789) for(790)(790) introducing(791) the(792) same(793) absolute(794) rule(795) in(796) these(797) colonies;(798) For(799) taking(800)(800) away(801) our(802) charters,(803) abolishing(804) our(805) most(806) valuable(807) laws(808) and(809) altering(810)(810) fundamentally,(811)(811) the(812)(812) powers(813)(813) of(814)(814) our(815)(815) governments;(816)(816) For(817) suspending(818) our(819) own(820) legislatures,(821) and(822) declaring(823) themselves(824) invested(825) with(826) power(827) to(828) legislate(829) for(830) us(831) in(832) all(833) cases,(834) whatsoever.(835) He(836) has(837) abdicated(838) government(839) here,(840) by(841) declaring(842) us(843) out(844) of(845) his(846) protection,(847) and(848) waging(849) war(850) against(851) us.(852) He(853) has(854) plundered(855) our(856) seas,(857) ravaged(858) our(859) coasts,(860) burnt(861) our(862) towns,(863) and(864) destroyed(865) the(866) lives(867) of(868) our(869) people.(870) He(871) is,(872) at(873) this(874) time,(875) transporting(876) large(877) armies(878) of(879) foreign(880) mercenaries(881) to(882) complete(883) the(884) works(885) of(886) death,(887) desolation(888) and(889) tyranny,(890) already(891) begun,(892) with(893) circumstances(894) of(895) cruelty(896) and(897) perfidy,(898) scarcely(899) paralleled(900) in(901) the(902) most(903) barbarous(904) ages,(905) and(906) totally(907) unworthy(908) the(909) head(910) of(911) a(912) civilized(913) nation.(914) He(915) has(916) constrained(917) our(918) fellow-(919) citizens,(920) taken(921) captive(922) on(923) the(924) high(925) seas,(926) to(927) bear(928) arms(929) against(930) their(931) country,(932) to(933) become(934) the(935) executioners(936) of(937) their(938) friends(939) and(940) brethren,(941) or(942) to(943) fall(944) themselves(945) by(946) their(947) hands.(948) He(949) has(950) excited(951) domestic(952) insurrections(953) amongst(954) us,(955) and(956) has(957) endeavored(958) to(959) bring(960) on(961) the(962) inhabitants(963) of(964) our(965) frontiers,(966) the(967) merciless(968) Indian(969) savages,(970) whose(971) known(972) rule(973) of(974) warfare(975) is(976) an(977) undistinguished(978) destruction(979) of(980) all(981) ages,(982) sexes(983) and(984) conditions.(985) In(986) every(987) stage(988) of(989) these(990) oppressions,(991) we(992) have(993) petitioned(994) for(995) redress(996) in(997) the(998) most(999) humble(1000) terms;(1001) our(1002) repeated(1003) petitions(1004) have(1005) been(1006) answered(1007) only(1008) by(1009) repeated(1010) injury.(1011) A(1012) prince,(1013) whose(1014) character(1015) is(1016) thus(1017) marked(1018) by(1019) every(1020) act(1021) which(1022) may(1023) define(1024) a(1025) tyrant,(1026) is(1027) unfit(1028) to(1029) be(1030) the(1031) ruler(1032) of(1033) a(1034) free(1035) people.(1036) Nor(1037) have(1038) we(1039) been(1040) wanting(1041) in(1042) attention(1043) to(1044) our(1045) British(1046) brethren.(1047) We(1048) have(1049) warned(1050) them,(1051) from(1052) time(1053) to(1054) time,(1055) of(1056) attempts(1057) made(1058) by(1059) their(1060) legislature(1061) to(1062) extend(1063) an(1064) unwarrantable(1065) jurisdiction(1066) over(1067) us.(1068) We(1069) have(1070) reminded(1071) them(1072) of(1073) the(1074) circumstances(1075) of(1076) our(1077) emigration(1078) and(1079) settlement(1080) here.(1081) We(1082) have(1083) appealed(1084) to(1085) their(1086) native(1087) justice(1088) and(1089) magnanimity,(1090) and(1091) we(1092) have(1093) conjured(1094) them,(1095) by(1096) the(1097) ties(1098) of(1099) our(1100) common(1101) kindred,(1102) to(1103) disavow(1104) these(1105) usurpations,(1106) which(1107) would(1108) inevitably(1109) interrupt(1110) our(1111) connection(1112) and(1113) correspondence.(1114) They,(1115) too,(1116) have(1117) been(1118) deaf(1119) to(1120) the(1121) voice(1122) of(1123) justice(1124) and(1125) consanguinity.(1126) We(1127) must,(1128) therefore,(1129) acquiesce(1130) in(1131) the(1132) necessity,(1133) which(1134) denounces(1135) our(1136) separation,(1137) and(1138) hold(1139) them,(1140) as(1141) we(1142) hold(1143) the(1144) rest(1145) of(1146) mankind,(1147) enemies(1148) in(1149) war-in(1150) peace,(1151) friends.(1152) We,(1153) therefore,(1154) the(1155) representatives(1156) of(1157) the(1158) United(1159) States(1160) of(1161) America,(1162) in(1163) general(1164) congress(1165) assembled,(1166) appealing(1167) to(1168) the(1169) Supreme(1170) Judge(1171) of(1172) the(1173) world(1174) for(1175) the(1176) rectitude(1177) of(1178) our(1179) intentions,(1180) do,(1181) in(1182) the(1183) name,(1184) and(1185) by(1186) the(1187) authority(1188) of(1189) the(1190) good(1191) people(1192) of(1193) these(1194) Colonies,(1195) solemnly(1196) publish(1197) and(1198) declare,(1199) that(1200) these(1201) United(1202) Colonies(1203) are,(1204) and(1205) of(1206) right,(1207) ought(1208) to(1209) be,(1210) free(1211) and(1212) independent(1213) States;(1214) that(1215) they(1216) are(1217) absolved(1218) from(1219) all(1220) allegiance(1221) to(1222) the(1223) British(1224) crown,(1225) and(1226) that(1227) all(1228) political(1229) connection(1230) between(1231) them(1232) and(1233) the(1234) State(1235) of(1236) Great(1237) Britain(1238) is,(1239) and(1240) ought(1241) to(1242) be,(1243) totally(1244) dissolved,(1245) and(1246) that,(1247) as(1248) free(1249) and(1250) independent(1251) States,(1252) they(1253) have(1254) full(1255) power(1256) to(1257) levy(1258) war,(1259) conclude(1260) peace,(1261) contract(1262) alliances,(1263) establish(1264) commerce,(1265) and(1266) to(1267) do(1268) all(1269) other(1270) acts(1271) and(1272) things(1273) which(1274) independent(1275) States(1276) may(1277) of(1278) right(1279) do.(1280) And(1281) for(1282) the(1283) support(1284) of(1285) this(1286) declaration,(1287) with(1288) a(1289) firm(1290) reliance(1291) on(1292) the(1293) protection(1294) of(1295) Divine(1296) Providence,(1297) we(1298) mutually(1299) pledge(1300) to(1301) each(1302) other(1303) our(1304) lives,(1305) our(1306) fortunes,(1307) and(1308) our(1309) sacred(1310) honor.(1311)

Beale Cipher No.2

115 73 24 807 37 52 49 17 31 62 647 22 7 15 140 47 29 107 79 84 56 239 10 26 811 5 196 308 85 52 160 136 59 211 36 9 46 316 554 122 106 95 53 58 2 42 7 35 122 53 31 82 77 250 196 56 96 118 71 140 287 28 353 37 1005 65 147 807 24 3 8 12 47 43 59 807 45 316 101 41 78 154 1005 122 138 191 16 77 49 102 57 72 34 73 85 35 371 59 196 81 92 191 106 273 60 394 620 270 220 106 388 287 63 3 6 191 122 43 234 400 106 290 314 47 48 81 96 26 115 92 158 191 110 77 85 197 46 10 113 140 353 48 120 106 2 607 61 420 811 29 125 14 20 37 105 28 248 16 159 7 35 19 301 125 110 486 287 98 117 511 62 51 220 37 113 140 807 138 540 8 44 287 388 117 18 79 344 34 20 59 511 548 107 603 220 7 66 154 41 20 50 6 575 122 154 248 110 61 52 33 30 5 38 8 14 84 57 540 217 115 71 29 84 63 43 131 29 138 47 73 239 540 52 53 79 118 51 44 63 196 12 239 112 3 49 79 353 105 56 371 557 211 505 125 360 133 143 101 15 284 540 252 14 205 140 344 26 811 138 115 48 73 34 205 316 607 63 220 7 52 150 44 52 16 40 37 158 807 37 121 12 95 10 15 35 12 131 62 115 102 807 49 53 135 138 30 31 62 67 41 85 63 10 106 807 138 8 113 20 32 33 37 353 287 140 47 85 50 37 49 47 64 6 7 71 33 4 43 47 63 1 27 600 208 230 15 191 246 85 94 511 2 270 20 39 7 33 44 22 40 7 10 3 811 106 44 486 230 353 211 200 31 10 38 140 297 61 603 320 302 666 287 2 44 33 32 511 548 10 6 250 557 246 53 37 52 83 47 320 38 33 807 7 44 30 31 250 10 15 35 106 160 113 31 102 406 230 540 320 29 66 33 101 807 138 301 316 353 320 220 37 52 28 540 320 33 8 48 107 50 811 7 2 113 73 16 125 11 110 67 102 807 33 59 81 158 38 43 581 138 19 85 400 38 43 77 14 27 8 47 138 63 140 44 35 22 177 106 250 314 217 2 10 7 1005 4 20 25 44 48 7 26 46 110 230 807 191 34 112 147 44 110 121 125 96 41 51 50 140 56 47 152 540 63 807 28 42 250 138 582 98 643 32 107 140 112 26 85 138 540 53 20 125 371 38 36 10 52 118 136 102 420 150 112 71 14 20 7 24 18 12 807 37 67 110 62 33 21 95 220 511 102 811 30 83 84 305 620 15 2 108 220 106 353 105 106 60 275 72 8 50 205 185 112 125 540 65 106 807 138 96 110 16 73 33 807 150 409 400 50 154 285 96 106 316 270 205 101 811 400 8 44 37 52 40 241 34 205 38 16 46 47 85 24 44 15 64 73 138 807 85 78 110 33 420 505 53 37 38 22 31 10 110 106 101 140 15 38 3 5 44 7 98 287 135 150 96 33 84 125 807 191 96 511 118 440 370 643 466 106 41 107 603 220 275 30 150 105 49 53 287 250 208 134 7 53 12 47 85 63 138 110 21 112 140 485 486 505 14 73 84 575 1005 150 200 16 42 5 4 25 42 8 16 811 125 160 32 205 603 807 81 96 405 41 600 136 14 20 28 26 353 302 246 8 131 160 140 84 440 42 16 811 40 67 101 102 194 138 205 51 63 241 540 122 8 10 63 140 47 48 140 288

Decryption

Numbers Replaced with Words

115(instituted) 73(hold) 24(another,) 807(valuable) 37(equal) 52(decent) 49(entitle) 17(political) 31(of) 62(should) 647(independent) 22(them) 7(events) 15(dissolve) 140(is(140)) 47(nature's) 29(the) 107(happiness) 79(evident) 84(created) 56(opinions) 239(usurpations,) 10(necessary) 26(to) 811(Y) 5(of) 196(for) 308(Britain) 85(equal) 52(decent) 160(foundation(160)) 136(of) 59(requires) 211(disposed) 36(and) 9(becomes) 46(of) 316(usurpations,) 554(the) 122(from) 106(of) 95(inalienable) 53(respect) 58(mankind) 2(in) 42(laws) 7(events) 35(separate) 122(from) 53(respect) 31(of) 82(men) 77(be) 250(under(250)) 196(for) 56(opinions) 96(rights) 118(deriving) 71(separation.) 140(is(140)) 287(now) 28(among) 353(necessary) 37(equal) 1005(X) 65(causes) 147(alter) 807(valuable) 24(another,) 3(the) 8(it) 12(one) 47(nature's) 43(of) 59(requires) 807(valuable) 45(and) 316(usurpations,) 101(life,) 41(the) 78(self) 154(institute) 1005(X) 122(from) 138(ends,) 191(established,) 16(the) 77(be) 49(entitle) 102(liberty,) 57(of) 72(We) 34(the) 73(hold) 85(equal) 35(separate) 371(unless) 59(requires) 196(for) 81(all) 92(Creator) 191(established,) 106(of) 273(future) 60(that(60)) 394(He) 620(eat(620)) 270(guards(270)) 220(right(220)) 106(of) 388(utterly) 287(now) 63(declare) 3(the) 6(human) 191(established,) 122(from) 43(of) 234(long) 400(laws(400)) 106(of) 290(which(290)) 314(injuries) 47(nature's) 48(God) 81(all) 96(rights) 26(to) 115(instituted) 92(Creator) 158(laying) 191(established,) 110(secure(110)) 77(be) 85(equal) 197(light) 46(of) 10(necessary) 113(governments) 140(is(140)) 353(necessary) 48(God) 120(just(120)) 106(of) 2(in) 607(new) 61(they) 420(legislature,(420)) 811(Y) 29(the) 125(of) 14(to) 20(have(20)) 37(equal) 105(pursuit) 28(among) 248(reduce) 16(the) 159(its) 7(events) 35(separate) 19(which) 301(history) 125(of) 110(secure(110)) 486(elected) 287(now) 98(among) 117(men,) 511(exposed) 62(should) 51(a) 220(right(220)) 37(equal) 113(governments) 140(is(140)) 807(valuable) 138(ends,) 540(naturalization(540)) 8(it) 44(nature) 287(now) 388(utterly) 117(men,) 18(bands) 79(evident) 344(refused) 34(the) 20(have(20)) 59(requires) 511(exposed) 548(encourage) 107(happiness) 603(erected) 220(right(220)) 7(events) 66(which) 154(institute) 41(the) 20(have(20)) 50(them,(50)) 6(human) 575(establishing) 122(from) 154(institute) 248(reduce) 110(secure(110)) 61(they) 52(decent) 33(earth,) 30(powers(30)) 5(of) 38(station) 8(it) 14(to) 84(created) 57(of) 540(naturalization(540)) 217(sufferable,) 115(instituted) 71(separation.) 29(the) 84(created) 63(declare) 43(of) 131(form) 29(the) 138(ends,) 47(nature's) 73(hold) 239(usurpations,) 540(naturalization(540)) 52(decent) 53(respect) 79(evident) 118(deriving) 51(a) 44(nature) 63(declare) 196(for) 12(one) 239(usurpations,) 112(rights,) 3(the) 49(entitle) 79(evident) 353(necessary) 105(pursuit) 56(opinions) 371(unless) 557(new) 211(disposed) 505(State) 125(of) 360(forbidden(360)) 133(government) 143(of) 101(life,) 15(dissolve) 284(and) 540(naturalization(540)) 252(despotism,) 14(to) 205(hath) 140(is(140)) 344(refused) 26(to) 811(Y) 138(ends,) 115(instituted) 48(God) 73(hold) 34(the) 205(hath) 316(usurpations,) 607(new) 63(declare) 220(right(220)) 7(events) 52(decent) 150(abolish(150)) 44(nature) 52(decent) 16(the) 40(which(40)) 37(equal) 158(laying) 807(valuable) 37(equal) 121(powers) 12(one) 95(inalienable) 10(necessary) 15(dissolve) 35(separate) 12(one) 131(form) 62(should) 115(instituted) 102(liberty,) 807(valuable) 49(entitle) 53(respect) 135(destructive) 138(ends,) 30(powers(30)) 31(of) 62(should) 67(impel) 41(the) 85(equal) 63(declare) 10(necessary) 106(of) 807(valuable) 138(ends,) 8(it) 113(governments) 20(have(20)) 32(the) 33(earth,) 37(equal) 353(necessary) 287(now) 140(is(140)) 47(nature's) 85(equal) 50(them,(50)) 37(equal) 49(entitle) 47(nature's) 64(the) 6(human) 7(events) 71(separation.) 33(earth,) 4(course) 43(of) 47(nature's) 63(declare) 1(When,) 27(assume) 600(salaries.(600)) 208(mankind) 230(accustomed.(230)) 15(dissolve) 191(established,) 246(design) 85(equal) 94(certain) 511(exposed) 2(in) 270(guards(270)) 20(have(20)) 39(to) 7(events) 33(earth,) 44(nature) 22(them) 40(which(40)) 7(events) 10(necessary) 3(the) 811(Y) 106(of) 44(nature) 486(elected) 230(accustomed.(230)) 353(necessary) 211(disposed) 200(causes) 31(of) 10(necessary) 38(station) 140(is(140)) 297(systems) 61(they) 603(erected) 320(direct(320)) 302(of) 666(foreign) 287(now) 2(in) 44(nature) 33(earth,) 32(the) 511(exposed) 548(encourage) 10(necessary) 6(human) 250(under(250)) 557(new) 246(design) 53(respect) 37(equal) 52(decent) 83(are) 47(nature's) 320(direct(320)) 38(station) 33(earth,) 807(valuable) 7(events) 44(nature) 30(powers(30)) 31(of) 250(under(250)) 10(necessary) 15(dissolve) 35(separate) 106(of) 160(foundation(160)) 113(governments) 31(of) 102(liberty,) 406(districts) 230(accustomed.(230)) 540(naturalization(540)) 320(direct(320)) 29(the) 66(which) 33(earth,) 101(life,) 807(valuable) 138(ends,) 301(history) 316(usurpations,) 353(necessary) 320(direct(320)) 220(right(220)) 37(equal) 52(decent) 28(among) 540(naturalization(540)) 320(direct(320)) 33(earth,) 8(it) 48(God) 107(happiness) 50(them,(50)) 811(Y) 7(events) 2(in) 113(governments) 73(hold) 16(the) 125(of) 11(for) 110(secure(110)) 67(impel) 102(liberty,) 807(valuable) 33(earth,) 59(requires) 81(all) 158(laying) 38(station) 43(of) 581(judges) 138(ends,) 19(which) 85(equal) 400(laws(400)) 38(station) 43(of) 77(be) 14(to) 27(assume) 8(it) 47(nature's) 138(ends,) 63(declare) 140(is(140)) 44(nature) 35(separate) 22(them) 177(likely) 106(of) 250(under(250)) 314(injuries) 217(sufferable,) 2(in) 10(necessary) 7(events) 1005(X) 4(course) 20(have(20)) 25(and) 44(nature) 48(God) 7(events) 26(to) 46(of) 110(secure(110)) 230(accustomed.(230)) 807(valuable) 191(established,) 34(the) 112(rights,) 147(alter) 44(nature) 110(secure(110)) 121(powers) 125(of) 96(rights) 41(the) 51(a) 50(them,(50)) 140(is(140)) 56(opinions) 47(nature's) 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73(hold) 33(earth,) 807(valuable) 150(abolish(150)) 409(unless) 400(laws(400)) 50(them,(50)) 154(institute) 285(such) 96(rights) 106(of) 316(usurpations,) 270(guards(270)) 205(hath) 101(life,) 811(Y) 400(laws(400)) 8(it) 44(nature) 37(equal) 52(decent) 40(which(40)) 241(invariably) 34(the) 205(hath) 38(station) 16(the) 46(of) 47(nature's) 85(equal) 24(another,) 44(nature) 15(dissolve) 64(the) 73(hold) 138(ends,) 807(valuable) 85(equal) 78(self) 110(secure(110)) 33(earth,) 420(legislature,(420)) 505(State) 53(respect) 37(equal) 38(station) 22(them) 31(of) 10(necessary) 110(secure(110)) 106(of) 101(life,) 140(is(140)) 15(dissolve) 38(station) 3(the) 5(of) 44(nature) 7(events) 98(among) 287(now) 135(destructive) 150(abolish(150)) 96(rights) 33(earth,) 84(created) 125(of) 807(valuable) 191(established,) 96(rights) 511(exposed) 118(deriving) 440(uncomfortable(440)) 370(importance,(370)) 643(to) 466(houses) 106(of) 41(the) 107(happiness) 603(erected) 220(right(220)) 275(Such) 30(powers(30)) 150(abolish(150)) 105(pursuit) 49(entitle) 53(respect) 287(now) 250(under(250)) 208(mankind) 134(becomes) 7(events) 53(respect) 12(one) 47(nature's) 85(equal) 63(declare) 138(ends,) 110(secure(110)) 21(connected) 112(rights,) 140(is(140)) 485(be) 486(elected) 505(State) 14(to) 73(hold) 84(created) 575(establishing) 1005(X) 150(abolish(150)) 200(causes) 16(the) 42(laws) 5(of) 4(course) 25(and) 42(laws) 8(it) 16(the) 811(Y) 125(of) 160(foundation(160)) 32(the) 205(hath) 603(erected) 807(valuable) 81(all) 96(rights) 405(large) 41(the) 600(salaries.(600)) 136(of) 14(to) 20(have(20)) 28(among) 26(to) 353(necessary) 302(of) 246(design) 8(it) 131(form) 160(foundation(160)) 140(is(140)) 84(created) 440(uncomfortable(440)) 42(laws) 16(the) 811(Y) 40(which(40)) 67(impel) 101(life,) 102(liberty,) 194(be) 138(ends,) 205(hath) 51(a) 63(declare) 241(invariably) 540(naturalization(540)) 122(from) 8(it) 10(necessary) 63(declare) 140(is(140)) 47(nature's) 48(God) 140(is(140)) 288(the)

Numbers Replaced with Initial Letters

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Raw Decryption

ihavedepositedinthecountYofBedfordaboutfoirmilesfrombufordsinaneXcavationorvaultsiXfeetbeloWthesurfaCeoftHegroundthefollowinGartiClesbelonginGjointlYtothepartieswhosenamesaregiveninnumberthreeherewiththefirstdepositconsistcdoftenhundredandfourteenpoundSofgoldandthirtYeiGhthundredandtwelvepoindsofsilverdepositednoveighteennineteenthesecondWasmadedeceighteentwentYoneandconsistedofnineteenhundredandsevenpoundsofgoldandtwelvehundredandeiGhtYeightofsilveralsojewelsobtainedinstlouisineXchanGetosavetransportationandvaluedatthirteenrhousanddollarstheaboveissecirelYpacKeditronpotSWithironcoversthevaultisroughlYlinedwithstoneandthevesselSrestonsolidstoneandarecovereduithotherSpapernumberonedescribeSthceXactlocalitYofthevarltsothatnodifficultYwillbehadinfindinGit

Decryption vs Plaintext in the Pamphlet

Was Deciphering of Beale Cipher No.2 Possible?

Although there are numerous errors in the numbering of the words used in the Beale Cipher No.2, low numbers are not affected. In the worst case, in which the decipherer counts "self-evident" as one word, shifting all numbers from 79, was it possible for the codebreaker to correct those errors to obtain the plaintext?

Assuming that the codebreaker picked up the particular book cipher type and the used text of the Declaration of Independence had no additional differences that affect counting, the beginning part, which is most probably relied on by codebreakers with paper and pencil, is as follows. (For the numbers from 79, the correct reading is kept (except that we assumed the special treatment for X and Y was not known) but is marked in red.)

ihavedepositedinthecountfofBedfordaboutfoirmilesfrombufor

The decipherer could have been assured that he was on the right track when he saw the word fragment "depos*ted". Then, a shrewd observer could have guessed the correct reading of the beginning "I have deposited". From this, it would not be difficult to guess there was a shift of 1 for the first number 115, which correction would have been confirmed by "140(i) 47(n)" following "deposited". Through such reasoning, the errors in the numbering could have been corrected.

Thus, even with the numerous errors, deciphering could have been possible, but it seems unnatural that Ward does not mention such heavy correction required to achieve the decryption.

Numbers Replaced with Initial Letters

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Raw Decryption

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References

'The Beale Papers, containing authentic statements regarding the treasure buried in 1819 and 1821 near Bufords, in Bedford County, Virginia, and which has never been recovered' (1885) (Wikisource)

The constitutions of the United States of America; with the latest amendments: also, the Declaration of independence, Articles of confederation, with the Federal constitution (1820) (Library of Congress) ... as one example of contemporary text of the Declaration of Independence for further study