Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900

Table of contents

1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. 1. United Colonies' Cipher
   1. 1.1. Notes
4. 2. "Friend Jimmy's Cyphers": James Lovell and Secret Ciphers during the American Revolution
   1. 2.1. Notes
5. 3. The Church Cryptogram: Birth of Our Nation's Cryptology
   1. 3.1. Notes
6. A. Appendix A
7. B. Appendix B
8. C. Appendix C
   1. C.1. Notes
   2. C.2. General Notes:
9. 4. America's First Espionage Code
   1. 4.1. Espionage Code
   2. 4.2. Notes
10. 5. Dictionary Codes
    1. 5.1. Notes
11. 6. General George Washington's Tradecraft
    1. 6.1. Notes
12. 7. American Postal Intercepts
    1. 7.1. Notes
13. 8. Department of Finance and Foreign Affairs Codes
    1. 8.1. Notes
14. 9. Jefferson-Patterson Ciphers
    1. 9.1. Notes
15. 10. Jefferson's Cipher Cylinder
    1. 10.1. Notes
16. 11. A Classic American Diplomatic Code
    1. 11.1. Notes
17. 12. John Quincy Adams's Sliding Cipher
    1. 12.1. Notes
18. 13. Aaron Burr's "Cipher Letter"
    1. 13.1. Notes
19. 14. The First U.S. Government Manual on Cryptography
    1. 14.1. Notes
20. 15. Nicholas Trist Code
    1. 15.1. Notes
21. 16. Internal Struggle: The Civil War
    1. 16.1. Notes
22. 17. Seward's Other Folly: America's First Encrypted Cable
    1. 17.1. Notes
23. 18. 1867 State Department Code
    1. 18.1. Notes
24. 19. Chief Signal Officer's Code for the State Department
    1. 19.1. Notes
25. 20. "Cipher" Dispatches and the Election of 1876
    1. 20.1. Notes
26. 21. John H. Haswell: Codemaker
    1. 21.1. Notes
27. 22. The Red Code of the Department of State, 1876
    1. 22.1. Notes
28. 23. U.S. Military Cryptography in the Late Nineteenth Century
    1. 23.1. Notes
29. 24. The Blue Code of the Department of State, 1899
    1. 24.1. Notes
30. Bibliography
31. About the author