This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rogerl01 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/11939.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 17 v. is telling you that the Lewis Letters (Lewisiana) are comprised of a total of 17 volumes. Typically, one sees this in a library reference or something similar. With a couple of exceptions, each volume of Lewisiana has 12 monthly "issues". The pages of each volume are numbered consecutively, regardless of the issue. So you would be looking for page 13 of Volume IX (which just happens to be in issue #1) Roger Lewis Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.