Undelivered letters shed light on 17th-century society

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/08/undelivered-letters-17th-century-dutch-society

This is a very interesting article about the discovery of a leather trunk containing over 2,000 letters, 600 of which that were unopened.  that were sent but denied by the the person they were being sent to. These letters are being scanned and identified to discover something about them. The article brings up a few letters that are both very shocking, and interesting, the very first thing they mention is a single letter about a woman who wanted to plead for help due to having a child, but the father denies is, and as they claim, is because he is aware of the matter, they likely used this first letter to make a reader seem very interested and surprised, as so they'd want to read more, making the reader want to be shocked and interested seems to be their main goal as they don't mention anything about the other over 2,000 letters prior, and they try to add to this drama by saying the father "must have suspected it" which implies how they don't really know if that's the truth, but try to make it more dramatic

I think this article is very interesting, as it is not a political issue that you'd usually see in a politically driven news outlet such as the guardian, and instead covers a very interesting discovery about history, there is some relevance to the fact that this article may have been done, because these letters are letters across Europe, which the UK being a part of, makes it somewhat relevant for the Guardian to talk about.