Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

Scope and Contents

Clippings related primarily to William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon and word games such as anagrams and acrostics. Clippings regarding Bacon also include an extensive amount of Covert's notations.

Scope and Contents Comprised of magic squares, acrostics, anagrams, mathematical calculations and riddles. The vast majority of these word and number puzzles relate directly to the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy that both Covert and his cousin, Walter Arensberg, felt could be solved through the use of acrostics and other word puzzles. Also includes a cipher key for a code Covert developed based on his Social Security number.Because of the highly specialized format of this material, researchers...