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Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of Independence and the first national government. The Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) followed. Read important papers, letters, treaties, and reports--famous and obscure--relating to the formation of the new nation, as penned by the founding fathers. Continue…
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John Peirce
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Thomas Ogle
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Alexander Rogers
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Richard Townsend of Cape May, Long Island?
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Passage cipher deciphered by James Lovell. See http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~room4me/america/code/cornwals.htm for details. Another copy is found on Volume 1, Page 737 of this roll (Roll 65).STomokiyo made a comment on this Image. 2 days ago See all of STomokiyo's Comments
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Another copy is found on Volume 2, Page 227 of this roll (Roll 65), which seems to be more accurate than this.
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Lovell reports his deciphering of a letter. See Page 227.
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The cipher is a simple substition of the 25 letters of the alphabet by numbers 1-29. In higher numbers, only the right-side digit is valid. For details, see http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~room4me/america/code/cornwals.htm
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The cipher is a simple substition of the 25 letters of the alphabet by numbers 1-29 with frequent cipher table switching. For details, see http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~room4me/america/code/cornwals.htm
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The cipher is a simple substition of the 25 letters of the alphabet by numbers 10-39. For details, see http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~room4me/america/code/cornwals.htm
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The cipher is a simple substitution of the 25 letters of the alphabet by numbers 10-39. For details, see http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~room4me/america/code/cornwals.htm
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Papers of the Continental Congress. Original data from: The National Archives
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