Cipher Challenge
Frailey's Challenge to Poe
Physician Charles S. Frailey challenged Edgar Allan Poe with this mixed-symbol cryptogram in 1841. The period printing substituted available type characters consistently for the cipher's signs. Submitted cryptogram
Source & status
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- Historical cipher
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- Submitted cryptogram
- Solution
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Ciphertext
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