John Adams Cryptogram

Solving Approach

At this length, the average word here runs about 3.6 letters. With plenty of short words in the mix, start by isolating any single-letter or two-letter groups — those are almost always "A," "I," "TO," "OF," or "IS." At hard difficulty, letter frequency alone won't get you far — cross-reference candidate letters against multiple words before committing to one.

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Did you know? Adams and Thomas Jefferson, once close friends who became political rivals, both died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of American independence.

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