EXCITEMENT!!!

I just found Linnda Carporael's email address! I don't know if she'll even reply, but I'm going to send her an email anyway!

Here is my beyond douchey email:


Hi Ms. Caporael,

My name is Alice Melton, and I am a year 12 student at St. Columba's High School in Springwood, Australia. As part of my final year of schooling I have elected to study Extension History, part of the requirement of the course being that I complete a Major Work on a historical topic of interest. For my project I am writing an essay on changing interpretations of the cause/s of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and I came upon your 1976 article on convulsive ergotism. I was wondering if I could spare a few minutes of your time to ask you some questions on your proposal.

1. What inspired/ influenced you to pursue a physiological condition as the cause of the Salem Hysteria?

2. What sort of sources did you use when developing your theory? Did you elect to not use some types of sources? Why/ Why not?

3. Do you still support your theory, or in the course of thirty years have you made changes to it?

4. Do you have any comments on history, causation or other Salem historians?

Thank-you so much for your time. Even if you can't reply, please know that your work has been invaluabe to the ongoing development of my essay. If you can send a reply, please do so to either of these addresses:

melton99@bigpond.net.au (Where this email was sent from)

OR:

Mango_muncher24@hotmail.com

Thank-you so so much! I couldn't believe my luck when I found your address online!

Sincerly,
Alice



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