Decipherment of an Encrypted Letter from 1724 Found in UCL Special Collections’ Brougham Archive

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dc.contributor.authorKopal, Nils
dc.contributor.authorMakin, Katy
dc.contributor.editorWaldispühl, Michelle
dc.contributor.editorMegyesi, Beáta
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-08T13:01:19Z
dc.date.available2024-05-08T13:01:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis paper shows the decipherment of a 1724 encrypted letter, discovered recently in the Brougham Archive at University College London (UCL) Special Collections. The letter’s content hints at political intrigue and possibly relates to the Jacobite movement during George I’s reign in Great Britain. However, as all individuals mentioned in the letter are referred to bycode names, except for Madame de Prie, their true identities remain unknown to the authors. Therefore, any connection to the Jacobites remains speculative. The paper covers the cipher’s security, historical context, and unresolved inquiries surrounding the letter.
dc.identifier.issn1736-6305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/98479
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.58009/aere-perennius0104
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTartu University Library
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNEALT Proceedings Series 53
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectJacobite movement
dc.subjectdecipherment
dc.subjecthistorical cryptology
dc.subjectUnited Kingdom
dc.titleDecipherment of an Encrypted Letter from 1724 Found in UCL Special Collections’ Brougham Archive
dc.typeArticle

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