Nathaniel C. Browder Collection of Cryptography Manuals and William Thomas Prestwood Diaries 1808 - 1983

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Nathaniel C. Browder Collection of Cryptography Manuals and William Thomas Prestwood Diaries 1808 - 1983

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Nathaniel C. Browder Collection of Cryptography Manuals and William Thomas Prestwood Diaries, includes twenty-eight original Prestwood diaries, most of which are encrypted, and enlarged copies of several of the diaries. Also included are a copy of , a description and transcription of the diaries produced by Nathaniel Browder, and two of Browder's World War II-era cryptography manuals. The Enciphered Diary of William Thomas Prestwood 1808-1859 Nathaniel C. Browder worked as a cryptographer during and after World War II. After his retirement he worked on a number of genealogical and local history projects. Among these projects was the researching, deciphering, transcribing, and editing of William Thomas Prestwood's diaries. William Thomas Prestwood, a descendant of the influential Coker family, wrote a ciphered diary from 1808 until his death in 1859.

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Prestwood, William Thomas, 1788-1859

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Schoolteacher, farmer, and surveyor in Western North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1783-1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32520338 Nathaniel Clenroy Browder, was born February 4, 1904, in Hickory, North Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1930 and married Blanche Penland, of Hayesville, North Carolina, in December of the same year. He worked as a high school...

Browder, Nathaniel C., 1904-

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Nathaniel C. Browder worked as a cryptographer during and after World War II. After his retirement he worked on a number of genealogical and local history projects. Among these projects was the researching, deciphering, transcribing, and editing of William Thomas Prestwood's diaries. William Thomas Prestwood, a descendant of the influential Coker family, wrote a ciphered diary from 1808 until his death in 1859. From the description of Nathaniel C. Browder collection of cryptography m...

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