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How do primary source differ from secondary source

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Primary sources (such as correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and personal histories) are firsthand, contemporary records of incidents produced by people during that period of time or several years later. Generalizations, analysis, perception, and synthesis of primary sources are often used in secondary sources.

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