Transcribers' Notes
General : Errata listed have been applied to the text.
General : Page headers have been interpreted as sidenotes.
General : Changes to punctuation have not been individually documented.
General : No attempt made to standardise chief justice/chief-justice as both forms used approximately equally.
Pages 41, 295, 323, 345 : slave-trade standardised to slave trade.
Page 45 : hardworking standardised to hard-working.
Page 77 : "A little army under Major Adams," as in original.
Page 96 : ring-leader standardised to ringleader.