Hello All,

I have just received a collection of historic letters ranging from 1913 to 1928, as a donation to my museum. I am very excited about them and will be accessioning them into my collection. I am wondering however, about the best way to attach a meaningful accession number to said letters.

Traditionally the "lot" would be numbered as follows: 2013.05.01a-aaa (Year.Donor.Lot# & letter in that lot) However, I think it might be more meaningful to lable each year a different number, or include the year the letter was written. 
For example:
Option 1: 2013.05.01a-g, 2013.05.02a-z, and so on...
Option 2: 2013.05.1913a-g, 2013.05.1914a-z, and so on...


Any thoughts?

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