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- GLC#
- GLC04764.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- circa 1777-1779
- Author/Creator
- Kingston, Robert M., ?-1794
- Title
- [Cypher]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Appears to be Kingston's cypher to communicate with his superiors while a prisoner of war after the Battle of Saratoga. On verso are the names of the people who seem to be in on the coded messages: General Sir William Howe, General Robert Pigot, General William Phillips, and General Henry Clinton. Altogether there are 14 areas cut out, each one numbered, when placed over a coded letter of the same size will convey the true message.
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