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Two Centuries Later, Presidential Code Solved

It took more than 200 years for a coded message attached to a letter sent to then-president Thomas Jefferson to finally be deciphered, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The encryption, which was created by University of Pennsylvania mathematics professor Robert Patterson as an example of a “perfect” and undecipherable coding system, was finally unraveled by 36-year-old Harvard-trained cryptologist Lawren Smithline in 2007. In a letter sent to Jefferson in 1801, Patterson explained ...

Andrew Peeling | Friday, July 3, 2009

A Scholastic Side to Political Collecting
In political collecting or any sort of collecting for that matter, what might seem to be the most insignificant or unforeseen detail could in fact turn out to
T.R. Found in South America
In June 1913, Theodore Roosevelt got an offer he couldn’t refuse. Come to South America, speak to groups in Brazil, Chile and Argentina, and have an adventure
Harrisburg Extravaganza (In Review)
A 1789 George Washington Inaugural clothing button found its way to the Harrisburg Political Extravaganza in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, last weekend. The rare