Primary Sources
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Which type of primary source is considered to have a minimal chance of error?

  • Autobiographies
  • Contemporary Records (correct)
  • Business and Legal Letters
  • Confidential Reports
  • What type of primary source provides insights into the work of firms and persons?

  • Confidential Reports
  • Business and Legal Letters (correct)
  • Autobiographies
  • Contemporary Records
  • Which type of primary source is considered to be credible and nonprejudicial?

  • Autobiographies (correct)
  • Contemporary Records
  • Confidential Reports
  • Business and Legal Letters
  • Which type of primary source is generally less reliable than contemporary sources?

    <p>Confidential Reports</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of primary source may include appointment notifications and direction from a foreign office to the ambassador?

    <p>Contemporary Records</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of public report is considered reliable?

    <p>Newspaper reports and dispatches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of primary source includes statistics about fiscal and census matters?

    <p>Government documents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of primary source is considered less reliable due to fading and unreliability?

    <p>Memoirs and autobiographies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of public report possesses incriminating material and is less reliable?

    <p>Official histories of government or business activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of primary source requires proper evaluation before use, despite its first-hand importance?

    <p>Government documents</p> Signup and view all the answers

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