Sandy, You can add my name You might also add something to the letter saying that economic history and history of economic thought are important for research reasons, not just for teaching. There is much in history that we do not yet understand, and economists must examine the history of events and ideas, because historians do not understand economics, and are becoming increasingly focused on 'social history' and military history. EH and HET is our job, not theirs, and historians are not always receptive to economic reasoning. In addition to saying that we belong where we are, the letter should say that we do not belong where some would send us. DW MacKenzie