All 5 Uses

correspond
in
Long Walk to Freedom
(Edited)

We corresponded for a few years and then I lost track of her, but by that time I had considerably improved my table etiquette.
Chpt 1.3

corresponded = exchanged written letters
I had begun correspondence studies for my LL.B., a bachelor of laws degree allowing one to practice as an advocate.
Chpt 5.15 *

correspondence = done from afar via written communication
This was the beginning of a flurry of correspondence between me and the registrar as well as the state attorney, who was representing the Law Society.
Chpt 6-32

correspondence = written letters
This started what became a kind of correspondence course with the prisoners in the general section.
Chpt 7.41

correspondence = done from afar
I had tried to write him in prison, but regulations forbade prisoners from corresponding with each other.
Chpt 7.42 *

corresponding = exchanging written letters

Definitions:

(1) (correspond as in: corresponding time period)
connect or fit together by being equivalent, proportionate, or matched

(Two things are equivalent if they have the same or very similar value, purpose, or result.)
(2) (correspond as in: corresponding by email)
communicate -- typically by writing letters or email

A corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.
(3) (correspondence as in: a correspondence course)
done from afar

For example, a corresponding member or a correspondence course.

This sense of corresponding arose because people who lived in distant cities and could not be present for meetings, could communicate by sending written communications.
(4) (correspondent as in: foreign correspondent of the paper)
a reporter or other representative -- typically from a foreign country or with a particular expertise
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)