# Beale used a printed Declaration with variant wording, and the corrections reflect that edition.

> Disputed: Beale used a printed Declaration with variant wording, and the corrections reflect that edition.

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# Beale used a printed Declaration with variant wording, and the corrections reflect that edition.

Beale used a printed Declaration with variant wording, and the corrections reflect that edition.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A printed Declaration of about 1820 exists whose word count produces the pamphlet's numbering without corrections.

## What would rule it out

- No edition matches, and the errors instead match the pamphlet's own printed numbering.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Searches for a matching edition have not produced one.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/evidence/EVD0CR7J8NR3D5S/searches-for-a-matching-edition-have-not-produced-one)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Why does the Declaration key need corrections, and what does that show?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/questions/QST0CR7J0VR7YDW/why-does-the-declaration-key-need-corrections-and-what-does)

Part of [Are ciphers 1 and 3 genuine enciphered messages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/beale-ciphers/questions/QST0CR7J04A0CKP/are-ciphers-1-and-3-genuine-enciphered-messages)

Most likelyThe corrections are the author's counting errors, carried into both cipher 2 and the fabricated ciphers 1 and…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Beale used a printed Declaration with variant wording, and the corrections reflect that edition. [Answer ANS0CR7J8DY66RY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CR7J8DY66RY
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Key

**ANS** 0CR7J8DY66RY

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