A Republic of Letters- The Founders and the Right of Private Communication (9/14-10/1)

This is the discussion prompt:

9/24 Discussion – Section 2 Discussion Group 

From Fall 2023 CSCI 1805

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In your discussion response, please respond to the following questions:

  • What did you think of the readings for this week?
  • Was there anything that surprised you?
  • What relevance do you think the issues discussed this week have for us today?

Please post your initial post by 5pm Sunday and two replies by midnight Sunday. You will need to post before seeing your classmates’ posts.

This is the reading connected to it: I have attached class 5 reading document below.

Class 4.      Hack and leak – malicious activity at the founding.

Williard Sterne Randall, A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin and His Son (1984), chapter 12 (“A Man of Letters”), pp. 256-74 (18 pages).  Navigate to the left-hand menu and select “course reserves” to access this reading.

Class 5.      Encryption and intelligence – codes, ciphers and invisible inks.

Ralph E. Weber, ed., Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900 (National Security Agency Center for Cryptologic History, 2013), pp. v-46 (57 pages).Download Ralph E. Weber, ed., Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900 (National Security Agency Center for Cryptologic History, 2013), pp. v-46 (57 pages).

Julian Sanchez, “Encryption Originalism,” Just Security, July 16, 2021 (16 pages).Download Julian Sanchez, “Encryption Originalism,” Just Security, July 16, 2021 (16 pages).


One the initial post is turned in i can give you the 2 student posts to reply to. The other students reply will not show up untill I post my original reply. Has to be at university standard and original work only. 

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