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Transcriber's note:
Corrections to the Index have been made without note.
Significant changes to the text are listed below.
p. [21], 'Frazer' changed to Fraser.
p. [35], 'detroyed' changed to destroyed, 'Fictitious Capital and False Credit destroyed.'
p. [37], '12th' changed to 15th, 'Monday, the 15th of March.'
p. [85], 'On same night ...' changed to On the same night ...