TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
The roman page numbering at the front of the book goes from iii to viii, then from v to viii again; this has not been changed.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg v: ‘1700 Returns to’ replaced by ‘1760 Returns to’.
Pg v: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.
Pg 24: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.
Pg 35: ‘tend to recal’ replaced by ‘tend to recall’.
Pg 57: ‘a d in 1766’ replaced by ‘and in 1766’.
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