Page 180: "John Williams and Swan S.;" There is a blank area on the original page; the transcriber has replaced it with ——
Page 211: "May 29th, 1779, and the next at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand on the 26th" are conflicting dates as found in the original.
Page 253: "the limits of the republican government. Wishes for the welfare of my"
"which cannot possibly be but of short continuance, somewhere out of"
The above two lines seem to be out of order and have been put in reverse order.
Page 332: "that the father and sisters of Charles were to partici- in the enjoyment of the property." Changed "partici-" to "participate".
Page 425: There was no footnote anchor for the "Loring" footnote. The transcriber has inserted it at the beginning of the COMMODORE JOSHUA LORING section.
Page 477: 'Public officials were chosen by a ring in Boston in the year of our Lord 1768 before they were "chosen by the town"'.
The date 1768 appears to be an error according to the previous paragraphs. The transcriber has replaced 1768 with 1763.