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. ''lb• package ot ,-booka am. foUr letter of 3 $ep-er &l"l"iftd, 

much: to 1IJT delight. . . But .,-ou f'Uled to giye. m• $.1't1' !ridication. ... to 

the:amount ot sterling I owe ,ou, not. an'tnaipificent quantiv, ·1,m sure. Please do let .me know ar:d._ I•ll either manage a. reimbursement in sterling .or will •t."up .a dollar credit here, againat which 

you can·draw.ne.x; t:1me you're with u. . . . ·: \ . , . , 

. . · .~ About ·the Baooniana aixt th~ir ·.antics in tll• 017'.Ptogl"aphic · . ·field. --. I~ve been .collecting material t«" a knockout- blow, which · · I-hope to Pu.bliah.:some time soon. .A• a matter ot tact, I gs.Te a 

2-hour -tal.1c be!'ore :the members al1d guests ot· the .Pol.gel" Shakeepeare 

Librar:.r a couple ot. years ·aco,. ~ the people there were most · in.Utent t.hat I do the t~ up in book torm. Every once in. a · . while the7 needle -me about it, tOo~ eo I g\less I•ll ban to get l>UB.Y 

.QD assembling the results o! Tif'3' study .ot a rather large quantity ~t 

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!hank 10u ver7,imich 'for .~ur courteq in gathering the items·· I 

requ,eeted:. · · · · · · 

· Looking forward· to seeing 1tJU .agej.n soon C there is a p<?s1ibilit7 ot urr visiting you_ thia au~llmn) a.rd with cordial greetinge, 

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• -OFFICES OF THE CYPHER ~IC~OARO, C/o R.OOMxJilz 9, 

FOREIGN OFFICE. s.w.1. 

10, CHESTER.FIELD STREET, 

LONDON, W.I. 

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GROSVENOR 3IJ95.6 3rd September, 1951. 

Dear Bill, 

At long last I have managed to get for- you f'ran the 

Bacon Society the books and pamphlets you asked tor and enclose 

them herewith:-

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(iii) 

(iv) 

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(vi) 

(vii) 

(viii) 

•The Bi-lateral Cypher of Francis Bacon". By E.D. Johnson. 

"Francis Ba.con Is Oypber Signatures n. By B.D. Johnson. 

"Shakespearean Acrostics". By E.D. Jolnson. 

•Francis Ba.con Concealed and Revealed: Ba.con's Secret 

Signatures in his tma.ckncnrledged works". 

By Bertram G. Theobald. 

"Ba.con is Sbak:espeare". By Sir Edwin Duming-Iawrence. 

"Un Probleme de Oryptographie et d 'Histoire". 

By General Cartier (4th Edition) 

•A Cypher within a Cypher: An elementar.v lesson in the . 

Bi-literal Cypher. 11 By Henry Seymour. 

"BACONIANA Vol. DXIV, 65th Year 1950, No. 1Yf. 

!rhey apo1ogised for the rather dog-ea.red state of items 5 and 7 

above but they are out of print and these are oad copies which they dug out 

for me. 

I regret to say that owing to the present pressure of work I have 

been unable to :nose into thia mass of curious fact and ta.nay but I really 

f'eel that the time bas cane for saneone to straighten out the Ba.con Cypher 

Stor.Y - perhaps you are contemplating taking on the task - I have al~s 

f'elt that the Ba.conians are their own worst enemies. 

XiJ' kiDlest regards to Krs. Friedman. I am looking forward 

to seeing you again in the not too distant future. 

Yours veey sincerely, 

\f .F. Friedman Esq. , 

A.F.S.A., 

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