TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Changed ‘town major’ to ‘town mayor’ on p. [1072].
  2. Changed ‘staid’ to ‘stayed’ on p. [1140].
  3. Changed ‘granted civil list person’ to ‘granted civil list pension’ on p. [1289].
  4. Changed ‘Equator’ to ‘Ecuador’ on p. [1300].
  5. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  6. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.