Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error.
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Omitted words, shown as blank spaces in the original, have been transcribed as four hyphens ( —— ) in the following cases:
Page 108: I received the letter your Excellency did me the honor to write to me of the —— of June last
Page 202: by William Lee, amounted to —— which I paid.
Page 268: The instructions given Mr Adams on the —— day of —— last
Page 435: the said Provinces, for —— years