". . . . a piece of substantial evidence.  Lewis found among Jefferson's papers some 'strange looking characters' [quoting Lewis] that previous researchers had assumed were a code Jefferson had invented.  'I recognize it as one of the old Rosicrucian codes used for many years before Thomas Jefferson became a Rosicrucian, and still to be found in many of the ancient Rosicrucian secret manuscripts' (Heindon, 1961, 126).  I have [Dr. Hieronimus has] submitted this code to several cryptographers and none have yet been successful in identifying it.  Mr. Rex Daniels of Concord, Massachusetts, commented (March 14, 1974), 'I have taken several tries at the code with no success for the standard ones. . . . you have hit upon something nobody else seems to know about.'"

Concerning the controversy about Jefferson's spirituality or ethics, it is necessary to know at what point before the American Revolution, he became a Rosicrucian?  As a hint, one may look at the dates that he spent in Europe and work from that point forward before making judgments about the practice of his Rosicrucianism.