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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Master Encoding Guide: Length

Record Content: Length

Many records will include the document length, generally on the third line, below the author and recipient line. The convention most records will follow is an Arabic number and "p." for "pages." All text on this line should be coded as <length pages="3">. If there are multiple page numbers listed to signify a letter and an enclosure, the pages are added up and entered as one value.

For example:

<length pages="4">2 p., 2 p.</length>

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