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Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7

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Handwritten letter, 7 pages, from I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, "Yours of 24-38 red on 29th. Your cipher was easy (after I had the key). You look for something difficult in nine do you not?"
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Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7
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Handwritten letter, 7 pages, from I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, "Yours of 24-38 red on 29th. Your cipher was easy (after I had the key). You look for something difficult in nine do you not?"
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Orleans July 7-05

My dear Shoemaker
Yours of 24-28 recd on 29th. Your
cipher was easy (_after I had the key_).
You look for something difficult in mine
do you not? That is why you overlooked
the true solution. It is exceedingly simple.
The rules for its reading are;-
I. _Disregard_ all numerals, figures, ladders,
arrows, volcanos, coffins, snakes and inverted
letters but retain all greek or Roman
letters (print and script) whether free or upon
other outlines ([F] = F = E).
II. Read each letter _for the letter before it_
in their natural order in the alphabet .e.g.
BOE = AND.
III. Read from right to left beginning
at the bottom and reading upward.
Top line - MBvtV3tB = lausu sa =
as usual . Sabe?
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Your experience with the ivy - while
chasing the six gaited tagger - was rather
a painful rhus (_wow!_).
date
7/7/1905
subject
Shoemaker, Frank H., 1875-1948
tablecontents/boxes/folders
Box 6
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RG 32-13-01
isPartOf/Collection
Frank H. Shoemaker, Papers and Photographs
creator/photographer
Frank Shoemaker
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
language
English
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Frank Shoemaker Correspondence - RG32-13-01
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Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7
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Handwritten letter, 7 pages, from I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, "Yours of 24-38 red on 29th. Your cipher was easy (after I had the key). You look for something difficult in nine do you not?"Letter, I.S. [Isador] Trostler to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1905, July 7