10 Questions
Which type of primary source is considered to have a minimal chance of error?
Contemporary Records
What type of primary source provides insights into the work of firms and persons?
Business and Legal Letters
Which type of primary source is considered to be credible and nonprejudicial?
Autobiographies
Which type of primary source is generally less reliable than contemporary sources?
Confidential Reports
Which type of primary source may include appointment notifications and direction from a foreign office to the ambassador?
Contemporary Records
Which type of public report is considered reliable?
Newspaper reports and dispatches
What type of primary source includes statistics about fiscal and census matters?
Government documents
Which type of primary source is considered less reliable due to fading and unreliability?
Memoirs and autobiographies
Which type of public report possesses incriminating material and is less reliable?
Official histories of government or business activities
What type of primary source requires proper evaluation before use, despite its first-hand importance?
Government documents
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