Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16021, Philip Huckabee magic square, Small Special Collections, University of Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was an archival transfer from Bryson Clevenger to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on August 31, 2015.

Scope and Contents

Philip Huckabee magic square, 2014, .03 cubic feet, contains a diagram and a list of keywords taken from the Declaration of Independence with a "tree of life" pattern embedded in it and claims that it reveals ciphers associated with the Thomas Jefferson Beale treasure buried near Goose Creek in Bedford County, Va. It may also shed light on a number of ciphers found in the Jefferson/Madison papers. Included is a letter from Philip Huckabee to the University of Virginia History Department.