The author’s purpose in this excerpt is to teach readers about a code system used during the american revolution. persuade readers that ciphers are the greatest american invention. argue that major tallmadge made a mistake in sharing copies of his codes. compare the american codes for secret letters to the british codes.

the correct answer is d

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the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

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