tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post440705680014573925..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Roger Williams Code is Cracked! Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-34120966496025957512012-12-02T13:20:23.333-07:002012-12-02T13:20:23.333-07:00I recall from Jon Barry's book that as Sir Edw...I recall from Jon Barry's book that as Sir Edward Coke's clerk Williams learned shorthand. But there were also some brief references by Barry to the young Williams conveying sensitive/secret messages amongst various religious dissidents in England. Perhaps that could be the source of this code.JMSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-63968796265714565292012-12-02T07:10:04.226-07:002012-12-02T07:10:04.226-07:00Thanks for the post, Paul. It's been amazing t...Thanks for the post, Paul. It's been amazing to see these undergrads at work. Look for a more complete co-authored essay (with transcriptions, etc) in the near future. linfordfisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959202271556738127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-83448711174575423292012-12-01T08:12:19.006-07:002012-12-01T08:12:19.006-07:00Oh, lovely! But it seems the team does not know t...Oh, lovely! But it seems the team does not know that Brown University has in its libraries a second, larger book with more of the same code in its margins and on its fly-leaves, which was written up as an enigma some 30 years ago. It's interesting to contemplate how very impermanent historical discoveries can be even though they may have been published in some obscure source.Robert Mathiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189466855334778278noreply@blogger.com