This has been one of the most extensive project i have been involved in during my undergraduate career. Collecting, organizing, and analyzing this group of letters took countless hours, and that is not even including the time it took to type out each individual letter. At the start of this project I thought it would end up being an entirely digitally based one, not requiring an essay due to the nature of the work which I was doing. After spending so much time with the letters however, I felt that an essay could act as a supporting element to my work. Due to the lack of a series of letters (though some of Melvin's letters come close and are similar in context) my paper turned into a more opinionated piece, looking back on the letters for reference rather than specific pieces of information.