- What year was document written?
- Where was document written – country, region, city
- Who wrote the document (brief bio)
- To whom was the letter written (brief bio)
- Were others mentioned (brief bio on each)
- What historically was going on in the country (events and what it entailed)
- What historically was going on internationally that that country would have been involved
- Were the people in document connected to any of these events
