Question about the Beale ciphers

From: spymix (spymix@sbcglobal.net)
Date: 04/05/03 

From: spymix@sbcglobal.net (spymix)
Date: 5 Apr 2003 11:57:46 -0800

These ciphers are probably a hoax but it is still possible there is an
actual unique text used for each cipher in of itself a challenge to
solve.

I have done some number frequency test on the 1st and 2nd cipher and
it appears the 1st cipher, which is the location of the treasure, has
the same characteristics as cipher #2 which has been solved.

These same characteristics are---
When sequentially starting with the lowest value of numbers and
average repeats of these numbers it appears there are very few small
gaps. They will also average more repeats but when the numbers grow
larger the average is less repeats and many more smaller and larger
gaps between numbers.

Does this mean that cipher #1 was created the same way, from another
text of course, as cipher #2 which used the 1st letter of each word
count of the Declaration of Independence?

If it is the same key as cipher #2 then I guess the trick is finding
the right text for cipher #1!
Which BTW could start the word count from the end of the text working
back toward the beginning of the text using the first letter of each
word.

I have tried different documents and novels from that era between
1750-1820. Using the first 25 terms of cipher#1 and using the same key
as cipher#2. Then using both forward and backward format with "Zilch"
as the outcome.
    
Good luck.

Dan

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