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George Washington's Code
(Actually Benjamin Tallmadge's)

  A   N
1 a 411 name
2 an 412 new
3 all 413 no
4 at 414 not
5 and 415 night
6 art 416 never
7 arms 417 needful
8 about 418 number
9 above 419 neither
10 absent 420 nothing
11 absurd 421 neglect
12 adorn 422 nation
13 adopt 423 navy
14 adore 424 natural
15 advise 425 negative
16 adjust 426 negligence
17 adjourn 427 november
18 afford 428 necessary
19 affront 429 nobility
20 affair   O
21 again 430 oath
22 april 431 of
23 agent 432 off
24 alter 433 on
25 ally 434 or
26 any 435 out
27 appear 436 offer
28 appoint 437 office
29 august 438 onset
30 approve 439 order
31 arrest 440 over
32 arraign 441 obstruct
33 amuse 442 obtain
34 assign 443 observe
35 assume 444 occur
36 attempt 445 offense
37 attone 446 ommit
38 attack 447 oppose
39 alarm 448 obligate
40 action 449 obstinate
41 accomplish 450 obviate
42 apprehend 451 occupy
43 abatis 452 operate
44 accommodate 453 origin
45 alternative 454 ornament
46 artillery 455 overcome
47 ammunition 456 overlook
  B 457 overtake
48 be 458 overrun
49 bay 459 overthrow
50 by 460 obedience
51 best 461 objection
52 but 462 october
53 buy 463 obscure
54 bring 464 occasion
55 boat 465 opinion
56 barn 466 oppression
57 banish 467 opportunity
58 baker 468 obligation
59 battle   P
60 better 469 pay
61 beacon 470 peace
62 behalf 471 plan
63 bitter 472 put
64 bottom 473 port
65 bounty 474 proof
66 bondage 475 please
67 barron 476 part
68 brigade 477 paper
69 business 478 pardon
70 battery 479 party
71 battallion 480 perfect
72 british 481 pilot
  C 482 prudent
73 camp 483 publish
74 came 484 purchase
75 cost 485 purpose
76 corps 486 people
77 change 487 pleasure
78 carry 488 produce
79 clergy 489 prison
80 common 490 progress
81 consult 491 promise
82 contest 492 proper
83 contract 493 prosper
84 content 494 prospect
85 Congress 495 punish
86 captain 496 pertake
87 careful 497 perform
88 city 498 permit
89 clamour 499 pervert
90 column 500 prepare
91 copy 501 prevail
92 cover 502 preserve
93 county 503 pretend
94 courage 504 promote
95 credit 505 propose
96 custom 506 protect
97 compute 507 provost
98 conduct 508 pursue
99 comply 509 passenger
100 confine 510 passion
101 caution 511 pension
102 conquer 512 period
103 coward 513 persecute
104 confess 514 poverty
105 convict 515 power or powerful
106 cannon 516 prosperous
107 charactor 517 punishment
108 circumstance 518 preferment
109 clothier 519 production
110 company 520 pursuant
111 confident 521 pensioner
112 committee 522 Parliament
113 continue 523 persecution
114 contradict 524 practicable
115 correspond 525 profitable
116 controvery 526 particular
117 commission 527 petition
118 commissioner 528 profession
119 constitution 529 proclaim
  D 530 provision
120 date 531 protection
121 day   Q
122 dead 532 quick
123 do 533 question
124 die 534 quantity
125 damage 535 quallity
126 doctor   R
127 dirty 536 rank
128 drummer 537 rain
129 daily 538 run
130 dispatch 539 rule
131 distant 540 read
132 danger 541 rise
133 dislodge 542 random
134 dismiss 543 ransom
135 dragoon 544 rather
136 detain 545 real
137 divert 546 riot
138 discourse 547 robber
139 disband 548 ready
140 dismount 549 ruin
141 disarm 550 ruler
142 detect 551 rapid
143 defense 552 reader
144 deceive 553 rebel
145 delay 554 rigor
146 difficult 555 river
147 disapprove 556 receit
148 disregard 557 refit
149 disappoint 558 regain
150 disagree 559 rejoice
151 disorder 560 relate
152 dishonest 561 request
153 discover 562 relax
154 december 563 redoubt
155 demolish 564 rely
156 deliver 565 remit
157 desolate 566 reprieve
158 during 567 repulse
  E 568 reward
159 ear 569 retract
160 eye 570 resign
161 end 571 ratify
162 enquire 572 recompence
163 effect 573 regular
164 endure 574 regulate
165 enforce 575 rigorous
166 engage 576 recital
167 enclose 577 recover
168 equip 578 remember
169 excuse 579 remittance
170 exert 580 represent
171 expand 581 rebellion
172 expose 582 reduction
173 extort 583 remarkable
174 express 584 reinforcemt
175 embark 585 refugee
176 employ   S
177 explore 586 sail
178 enemy 587 see
179 example 588 sea
180 embassador 589 scheme
181 engagement 590 set
182 experience 591 send
183 evacuate 592 ship
  F 593 safe
184 farm 594 same
185 face 595 sky
186 fate 596 secret
187 FALSE 597 seldom
188 friend 598 sentence
189 fen 599 servant
190 find 600 signal
191 form 601 silent
192 fort 602 suffer
193 fleet 603 sudden
194 famine 604 surprise
195 father 605 summer
196 foggy 606 speaker
197 folly 607 steady
198 frugal 608 submit
199 faithfull 609 surpass
200 favour 610 sanction
201 faulty 611 sensible
202 foreign 612 singular
203 forget 613 soldier
204 fulfil 614 sovereign
205 factor 615 security
206 faoulty 616 severity
207 favorite 617 (Unclear in Manuscript)
208 fortune 618 september
209 forget 619 surrender
210 foreigner 620 serviceable
211 fortitude 621 security
212 fortify 622 severity
213 formidable 623 society
214 foundation 624 superior
215 february   T
  G 625 the
216 get 626 that
217 great 627 this
218 good 628 these
219 gun 629 they
220 go 630 there
221 gain 631 thing
222 guide 632 though
223 gold 633 time
224 glory 634 to
225 gunner 635 troops
226 gloomy 636 thankfull
227 govern 637 therefore
228 grandieure 638 timber
229 guilty 639 tory
230 guinea 640 transport
231 gallant 641 trail
232 gazette 642 traitor
233 grateful 643 transgress
234 glacis 644 translate
235 general 645 terrible
236 garrison 646 tyranny
237 gentleman   V
238 glorious 647 vain
239 gradual 648 vaunt
240 granadier 649 vouch
  H 650 vacant
241 hay 651 vary
242 he 652 venture
243 his 653 vital
244 him 654 vulgar
245 haste 655 value
246 hand 656 virtue
247 hang 657 visit
248 hour? 658 valiant
249 have 659 victory
250 head 660 vigilant
251 high 661 vigorous
252 hill 662 violent
253 hope 663 volenteer
254 hut 664 valuable
255 horse 665 voluntary
256 house   U
257 happy 666 up
258 hardy 667 upper
259 harvest 668 upon
260 horrid 669 unto
261 horseman 670 unarm
262 human 671 unfit
263 havock 672 unheard
264 healthy 673 unsafe
265 heavy 674 uniform
266 honest 675 uncertain
267 hunger 676 uncommon
268 honor 677 unfriendly
269 harmony 678 unfortunate
270 hazardous   W
271 hesitate 679 wind
272 history 680 war
273 horrible 681 was
274 hospital 682 we
275 hurrican 683 will
276 hypocrite 684 with
277 (Unreadable in Manuscript) 685 when
278 (Unreadable in Manuscript) 686 wharf
279 (Unreadable in Manuscript) 687 wound
  I 688 wood
280 I 689 want
281 if 690 wait
282 in 691 write
283 is 692 who
284 it 693 wish
285 ice 694 whose
286 ink 695 wages
287 into 696 warlike
288 instance 697 welfare
289 island 698 willing
290 impress 699 winter
291 improve 700 water
292 incamp 701 woman
293 incur 702 writer
294 infest 703 waggon
295 inforce 704 weary
296 instance 705 warrant
297 insnare   Y
298 instruct 706 yet
299 intrigue 707 you
300 intrust 708 your
301 instant 709 yesterday
302 invest   Z
303 invite 710 zeal
304 ignorant   PROPER NAMES
305 impudent 711 Gen Washington
306 industry 712 Clinton
307 infamous 713 Tryon
308 influence 714 Erskind
309 infantry 715 Vaughan
310 infantry (symbol) 716 Robinson
311 injury 717 Brown
312 innocent 718 Gen Garth
313 instrument 719 North, Lord
314 intimate 720 Germain
315 illegal 721 Bolton John
316 imagin 722 Culper Sam
317 important 723 Culper Junr.
318 imprison 724 Austin Roe
319 improper 725 C. Brewster
320 incumber 726 Rivingston
321 inhuman   PLACES
322 inquiry 727 New York
323 interview 728 Long Island
324 incorrect 729 Setauket
325 interceed 730 Kingsbridge
326 interfere 731 Bergen
327 intermix 732 Staten Island
328 introduce 733 Boston
329 immediate 734 Rhode Island
330 impatient 735 Connecticut
331 incouragemt 736 New Jersey
332 infection 737 Pensylvania
333 irregular 738 Maryland
334 invalid 739 Virginia
335 indians 740 North Carolina
  J 741 South Carolina
336 June 742 Georgia
337 July 743 Quebeck
338 jury 744 Hallifax
339 jealous 745 England
340 justify 746 London
341 january 747 Portsmouth
  K 748 Plymouth
342 key 749 Ireland
343 king 750 Corke
344 kill 751 Scotland
345 know 752 West Indies
  L 753 East Indies
346 law 754 Gibralter
347 land 755 France
348 love 756 Spain
349 low 757 Scotland
350 lot 758 Portugal
351 lord 759 Denmark
352 light 760 Russia
353 last 761 Germany
354 learn 762 Hanover
355 lady 763 Head Quarters
356 letter   ALPHABET
357 levy A e
358 levies-new B f
359 liar C g
360 lucky D h
361 language E i
362 limit F j
363 liquid G a
364 longitude H b
365 latitude I c
366 laudable J d
367 legible K o
368 liberty L m
369 lottery M n
370 literature N p
  M O q
371 man P r
372 map Q k
373 may R l
374 march S u
375 mast T v
376 make U w
377 met V x
378 me W y
379 my X z
380 much Y s
381 move Z t
382 most   NUMBERS
383 mine 1 e
384 many 2 f
385 mercy 3 g
386 moment 4 i
387 murder 5 k
388 measure 6 m
389 method 7 n
390 mischief 8 o
391 mistake 9 q
392 molest 0 u
393 majesty    
394 meditate    
395 memory    
396 messenger    
397 misery    
398 moveable    
399 multitude    
400 miscarry    
401 misfortune    
402 miserable    
403 mercenary    
404 majority    
405 minority    
406 memorial    
407 missterious    
408 manufacture    
409 moderator    
410 ministerial    

Of course, CooperToons provides this code on the proviso that anyone who uses it assumes total responsibility, and uses it only in accord with current laws, regulations, polite custom, courtesy, and civility. George would have wanted it that way.