Cipher Challenge
Frailey's Challenge to Poe
Introduction
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
1
£ 7i A itagi niinbiiit
17
thitvuiaib9g h auehbiif b
38
ivgiht itau ☞ gvuiitiif 4
57
t$bt2ihtbo £iiiadb9 iignit £d i2
79
ta5ta whbo ttbibtiii†it9 A iti if
104
X hti 4 ithtt ☞ i‡ bnniathubii iSt b
129
eaovuhoSu vtt7diboif * iti
150
nihd6Xht na3ig an choo$ht
169
u‡tnvotigg2 iibtvo$if b
187
Eaovu£avg iinoht$h7 niau iti
209
vtheiigbo iit6 A itagi t7iitig h
234
fifvti iti gvugidviti
253
bubodbub9 A tiiiiaditiavg
275
nbttg iStavi fvuhiiu £thnhiti
300
niiiit8 † bni 4 iiu£$i ht d£bo
318
evodbiSa ‡ nbiivihiti uavtib£g
343
ibei—it dbuvo$if ia niafvti
365
uvgtvnvobi buai9g uii iti £giSv9
390
i2 gvuiiti A uu iiubisg ibg
411
tai—it iStavi tbvgi iti itiui A
436
i2 intiuiiibo taovutg an
456
dvaihfh¶ iavitbog ¶f a
473
itivghbgight ittauh$h7g ht
495
t7eiigb9bo £iiitavigi.