▁War . ▁ ▁Art ifact s ▁ ▁Marie ▁Anto in ette ' s ▁j ew els ▁Marie ▁Anto in ette ' s ▁j ew els , ▁missing ▁except ▁for ▁spec im ens ▁in ▁museum ▁collections , ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁hidden ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁On ▁October ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 7 8 9 , ▁ ▁revolution aries ▁inc ited ▁an ▁angry ▁mob ▁of ▁Paris ian ▁working ▁women ▁to ▁march ▁on ▁the ▁Palace ▁of ▁Vers a illes . ▁According ▁to ▁an ▁und ocument ed ▁story , ▁Marie ▁Anto in ette ▁instruct ed ▁her ▁ma id ▁( or ▁a ▁lady - in - wait ing ) ▁to ▁fle e ▁with ▁her ▁j ew els . ▁The ▁ma id ▁fled ▁to ▁London ▁with ▁the ▁j ew els , ▁and ▁perhaps ▁art work , ▁documents ▁and ▁other ▁tre asures , ▁secret ed ▁on ▁her ▁person ▁or ▁in ▁her ▁lug g age . ▁The ▁woman ▁then ▁fled ▁from ▁London ▁to ▁Nova ▁Scot ia . ▁Using ▁royal ▁connections , ▁she ▁contract ed ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁Navy ▁to ▁construct ▁the ▁Oak ▁Island ▁pit . ▁ ▁Ba con - Sh akespe are ▁author ship ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁book , ▁The ▁Oak ▁Island ▁En igma : ▁A ▁History ▁and ▁In qu iry ▁In to ▁the ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁M oney ▁Pit , ▁P enn ▁Le ary ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁pit ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁hide ▁manuscript s ▁indicating ▁that ▁Francis ▁Ba con ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁William ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁works ▁and ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Ros ic