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US Presidents #15 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/16/2007
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Terrain:
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FTF goes to toycruiser on August 19, 2007


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With a quick search of the internet you'll easily be able to find out who this man was. If you like just peak at the link provided in the related to web page block or click on the picture of this President you’ll find all you need.

You will need to read the provided web page for this man to decode the following puzzle.

AB CD.EFG
HIJ KL.MNO

A = 3
B = 9

For C, D, E, F, and G you will need to decode the following information with the “A = 1 and O = 0” key.
Presiding over a rapidly dividing Nation, This is D Buchanan grasped inadequately the political realities of the time. Relying on constitutional doctrines to close the widening rift over slavery, he failed to understand that the This is F North would not accept constitutional arguments which favored the South. Nor could he realize how sectionalism had realigned political parties: the Democrats split; the Whigs were destroyed, giving rise to the Republicans.
Born into a well-to-do Pennsylvania family in 1791, Buchanan, a graduate of This is E Dickinson College, was gifted as a debater and learned in the law.
He was elected five times to the House of Representatives; then, after an interlude as Minister to Russia, served for a decade in the Senate. He became Polk's Secretary of State and Pierce's Minister to Great This is G Britain. Service abroad helped to bring him the This is C Democratic nomination in 1856 because it had exempted him from involvement in bitter domestic controversies.

H = 1
I = 2
J = 1

For K, L, M, N, and O you will need to decode the following information on the provided website with the
Additionally the type of browser used is internet Explorer with a font size of medium (Default)
“A = 1 and O = 0” key.
K = Line 17, 9th character
L = 4th paragraph (From the bottom), 1st line, 25th character
M = First letter, Last Name
N = Line 11, (Left to Right) 1st character
O = Line 13 (From the bottom, Left to Right) , 15th character

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cevag gur cntr gb trg gur evtug yvarf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)