Writers of letters use a reliable form of transmission of messages between individuals, and surviving sets of letters provide insight into the motivations, cultural contexts, and events in the lives of their writers.
Writers of letters use a reliable form of transmission of messages between individuals. Surviving sets of letters provide insight into the motivations in the lives of their writers. Surviving sets of letters provide insight into cultural contexts in the lives of their writers. Surviving sets of letters provide insight into events in the lives of their writers.