The Origin of The Beale Papers

by Rich Wassmer


	Many people believe The Beale Ciphers are a hoax and have given extensive evidence why this is true. No one ,however, has given evidence of how this story was formed or how the fictitious weights of gold and silver were concocted. I will now show how it was done.
 
	Even though TBP calls its hero Thomas J Beale or TJB, the reader is almost compelled to believe the full name was Thomas Jefferson Beale. This is because the DOI(authored by Jefferson) was used to solve Cipher 2.

	The idea to create TBP based on Jefferson probably arose first along with Beales Name. The hotel proprietor Robert Morris(s)  name fit perfectly because Robert Morris(one S) was a signer of the DOI and helped finance the Revolutionary War. He was also the first Treasurer of the US and had Western land speculations). Also Jefferson was active in early cryptography and was the first person to give a detailed description on how to use a book cipher in a letter to James Madison.
 
	The idea to use Jefferson might also be traced to a quote in “The Jefferson Cyclopedia” where he says “In all this I am merely a Cipher”. Jefferson was from Virginia and had land in Bedford County so why not bury the Treasure in Virginia. The central theme of the DOI was Liberty and Independence. Bedford City was called Liberty until 1890 so Bedford County is a perfect burial place.

	The founders of America went west from England to find their “treasured land” so TJB should go west to find treasure.
 
	The version of the DOI in TBP is 1324 words but because of discrepancies in word count it effectively is only 1312 words long. Only this 1312 DOI will correctly decipher Cipher 2, with a few corrections.

The 3 ciphers are:  C2  763 numbers(corrected)
                               C1  520 numbers
                               C3  618 numbers
 
1312 DOI word 763 = ENGLISH
1312 DOI word 618 = PEOPLE
The English People is who the DOI is directed and in particular King George lll
1312 DOI word 520 = MEANTIME

	In the original Dunlap Broadsides distributed to the colonies in 1776, word 519 was” MEAN “and 520 was” TIME.” but  TBP DOI joins them into one word. Mean Time can be interpreted as time to be mean which is what KGlll and the British were. King George lll was involved in war with America in 1776 and 1812 thus the 2 shipments of treasure. The meantime of 1819 and 1821 is 1820. This is when Morriss first met Beale.

	King Georgelll died in 1820 so the treasure is symbolic of “freedom” from the tyranny or King George lll.

	Notice that Beale and party found the treasure by following Buffalo. Buffalo are peaceful animals while grizzly bear are killers. Liberty and Independence brought peace from war.
 
	Because 1820 is a meantime between 1819 and 1821 a year had to be changed. Morriss said he ran the Washington Hotel in 1820 but records show he didn’t start running it until 1823. Also this is a perfect name because Washington was the leader of the Colonial Army.
 
	The main content of the story is taken from a real life person’s story as follows:
E.F. Beale was a western pioneer. His journals were published in 1850 and were called “THE BEALE PAPERS”, the same as the 1885 pamphlet by J.B.Ward. Here is a side by side comparison of the 2 stories:

E.F. BEALE                                                           T.J. BEALE
 
America West of Britain                                     TJB found gold in Colorado west of Va
California west of Virginia
 
Started in St Louis                                              Left St Louis, Key in St louis
 
One trip had 30 men                                         Beale party had 30 men
 
Went to Santa Fe                                               Went to Santa Fe
 
Traveled Colorado river,                                     Found Gold and Silver in Colorado
Saw Colorado
 
Born in 1822                                                       All 3 Beale letters dated 1822
                                                                           J.B. ward born in 1822
 
Journals called                                                  Story called The Beale Papers
The Beale Papers
 
Beale a General in the                                      Beale elected as a Captain of a “Military type Group”
U.S. Navy
 
called “justly a Lion”                                         called “the Lion”
 
Beale ordered aboard vessel                           Cipher used DOI as key to cipher 2
“Independence” in Philadelphia
 
One of E.F. Beale’s journeys                              Beale started journey in 1817
recorded as 1817 miles
 
Brought back east an 8 pound                          TJB brought back about 8,000 pounds
gold nugget to Washington, DC.                       of gold and silver to Virginia
He was the first to bring back
east news of the 1848 gold strike
in California.
 
E.F Beale’s gold was found by                           One of Beale’s men found gold, not him
someone else, not him
 
Beale’s starting point was                                TJB buried treasure about 4 miles from Buford’s Tavern (DOI written in a Tavern)
4 miles from a reference
point.
 
Beale got $13,000 from a                                Beale exchanged silver for $13,000 in jewels to save TRANSPORTATION
transportation adventure. He                          The iron box was to be opened in 10 years
got rich in 10 years
 
 
	E.F. Beale’s papers used several terms similar to TBP of 1885 eg.
Exact Locality
Stampede
Abundance of Game
Military Appliances
Accession to our numbers
Buffaloes
Grizzly Bears
 
	Like TJB’s Letter 2, one of E.F. Beale’s letter is unsigned.
One letter from a MEXICAN Official ends with:  INDEPENDENCE, LIBERTY, REFORM
 
	The Date for Morriss to open the box given by TJB can be derived as follows:
1776 + 56(signers of DOI) = 1832
1312(DOI words) + 520(C2) = 1832
 
	In B2 the number 1005 is used for “X” but word 1005 in either 1312 or 1324 DOI has no “X” in the word.

In C2 one “X” is at position 485 and 485 + 520 = 1005. 1005 is at this position in C2
The 3 ciphers total 1901 numbers.
1005 + 1901 = 2906 This is the largest number in the 3 ciphers
 
	The weights of the 3 treasures should not have been made at random. Since TBP are a hoax, the writer wants to tease the reader by making them think that there are clues that will lead to the treasure. They don’t.

	The weights can be derived as follows:
983(1312 DOI “Sexes”) + 31 (men incl. Morriss) = 1014 
1014 pounds + 762(uncorrected numbers in C2) = 1776
1014= 274 = 1288  Letter 3 word 274 = “KEY”  1312 DOI word 274 = “Security”  1312 DOI word 1288 = “Independent”
1005 + 902 = 1907     1312 DOI word 902 = “Tyranny”    The word Tyranny is used in Beales Letter 1 on page 14
1776 + 160 words in C2 + 1876 = 3812        Colorado became a state in 1876 and this is the 100’th anniversary of the DOI “