This is an archived copy of History Matters, provided by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. To explore this content in a new interface, visit Who Built America?.
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Test your
critical skills with these exercises designed to explore how letters
and diaries work as historical evidence. What are the characteristics of personal texts? Who are the "characters" and what is the "plot"? How does the writer portray events, relationships, and self? How does the writer use literary convention? How can we widen the context of letters and diaries?
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