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ID:2240
Name:KHA_A31_PWV_inr.339_cipherkey_1793_or_later
Current Location
Country:The Netherlands
City:The Hague
City:Koninklijk Huisarchief (KHA), Prins Willem V, inv.nr. 339.
Origin
Dates: -
Author:
Sender:
Receiver:
Region:
City:
Content
Type:Key
Status:N/A
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:Numerical
Pages:4
Creation
Owner:19
Creator:19
Creation Date:2021-02-19 00:00:00
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 2240
Name KHA_A31_PWV_inr.339_cipherkey_1793_or_later
Owner
Current Location and Name The Hague,Koninklijk Huisarchief (KHA), Prins Willem V, inv.nr. 339.
KHA_A31_PWV_inr.339_cipherkey_1793_or_later
Dates 1795 - 1799
Authors
Languages Cleartext:French
Plaintext:
Country The Netherlands
City The Hague
Holder Koninklijk Huisarchief (KHA), Prins Willem V, inv.nr. 339.
Author
Sender
Receiver
Region
Origin City
Start Year 1795
Start Month 1
Start Day 1
End Year 1799
End Month 12
End Day 31
Record
Type
Key
Status N/A
Symbol Set Numerical
Cipher Type Homophonic substitutionNomenclatures
Cipher Type (notes)
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 4
Inline Cleartext No
Inline Plaintext No
Cleartext
Language
French
Plaintext
Language
Private Ciphertext False
Available Documents
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 2/19/21
Key: encoded plaintext type PersonLocation
Key: numbers No
Key: content words No
Key: function words No
Key: syllables No
Key: morphological endings No
Key: phrases No
Key: sentences No
Key: punctuation No
Key: nomenclature size ᐳ100
Key: sections Yes
Key: headings No
Key: plaintext arrangement Horizontal
Key: ciphertext arrangement HorizontalRandom
Key: memorability Thematic
Key: symbol set Digits
Key: diacritics No
Key: code length Variable
Key: code types Homophonic
Key: metaphors No
Key: material properties Handwritten
Key: instructions Yes

Additional Information
The mentioning of the names of Prussian Prime minister Haugwitz, General Walmoden and the city of Osnabrück seems to point to the Rassemblement of Osnabrück, a regrouping of the remnants of the Dutch army after the defeat against Revolutionary France early 1795 under British and Hanoverian supervision, but this is not absolutely sure. Therefore this key may have been made by a secretary of Prince William V during his exile in London. It is a homophonic cipher with a nomenclator for names and places.
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