EDGAR ALLAN POE TO CHARLES G. PERCIVAL - JANUARY 3, 1846.]
New-York: Jany -- 3. 46.
85 Amity St.
Chas. G. Percival Esqr
Dr Sir,
A few moments of leisure leave me at liberty to look at the cypher which you have done me the honor of submitting to my inspection. It is an illegitimate cryptograph--that is to say, the chances are, that, even with the key, it would be insoluble by the authorized correspondent. Upon analysis, however, independent of the key-solution, I find the translation to be the 3 first verses of the 2d chapter of St John.
Very Respy
Yr. Ob. St
Edgar A Poe