<P> Benjamin Franklin Gates is an American historian, cryptologist, and treasure hunter . As a child, his grandfather John told him of a story that Charles Carroll of Carrollton passed on a secret to their ancestor in 1832 of a fabled national treasure hidden in America by the Founding Fathers and Freemasons . The clue leading to the treasure is the phrase "The secret lies with Charlotte". While Ben is convinced by the story, his skeptical father Patrick dismisses it as nonsense . </P> <P> Thirty years later, Ben leads an expedition with Ian Howe, and his friend, Riley Poole, a computer expert, to find the Charlotte, a ship lost in the Arctic, which holds the first clue to finding the national treasure . They find a meerschaum pipe, which has a clue implying the next is on the Declaration of Independence . When Ian suggests they steal the Declaration of Independence, Ben opposes, causing a fight to ensue resulting in a massive fire fueled by gunpowder, and the group split in two . Ian and his men escape the ship while Ben and Riley take cover just before the ship explodes . </P> <P> Ben and Riley return to Washington D.C. and report the potential theft of the Declaration to the FBI and Dr. Abigail Chase of the National Archives, but Abigail dismisses their claim . Ben decides to steal the document himself from the Archives' preservation room during a gala event . Obtaining Abigail's fingerprints, Ben successfully obtains the Declaration but is spotted by Ian's group just as they break in to steal it . Ben tries to leave via the gift shop but has to buy the Declaration when the clerk mistakes it for a souvenir copy . Abigail, suspecting something is astray, pursues Ben and takes back the document . Ian kidnaps her, but Ben and Riley rescue Abigail, tricking Ian by leaving behind a purchased copy of the Declaration . FBI Agent Sadusky begins tracking Ben down . </P> <P> Going to Patrick's house, the trio study the Declaration and discover an Ottendorf cipher written in invisible ink . The message refers to the Silence Dogood letters written by Benjamin Franklin . Patrick formerly owned them but donated them to the Franklin Institute . Using a school boy to acquire the letters' key words, Ben, Riley, and Abigail discover a message pointing to the bell tower of Independence Hall . They find a hidden cache containing a pair of glasses with multiple coloured lenses invented by Benjamin Franklin, which, when used to read the back of the Declaration reveal a clue pointing to the symbol of Trinity Church which is located on Wall Street and Broadway in New York City . </P>

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