Yes, a letter written to a soldier's wife would be considered a primary source as it directly reflects the experiences and perspectives of the person writing it.
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because abraham lincoln said he want a secondary source
Bias is not a secondary source. In terms of historical and academic research and writing, secondary sources are articles and books written by historians and other academics. Secondary sources can be biased based on when the source was written and the author.Ê
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It is a primary source because it came directly from him. An analysis of the speech written by a columnist would be a secondary source.
Primary Source: a firsthand account, also something written by someone who was there. Secondary source: a secondhand account also something written by someone who was not there.
a letter is an example of a primary source, in other words, a firsthand account. hope this helps! :)
If you are reading the actual letter, or an exact quote from that letter, it is a primary source.
secondary source
A secondary source document useful in the study of history could be an autobiography written by someone at the time or a record or statement made by someone who was not an eyewitness to a specific event.
It depends on what you need it for :)