  TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE This volume covers the period from 1713 to 1763. The Julian calendar was still in use in England for much of this time. The change to the Gregorian calendar took place in Europe beginning in 1582, but in Britain not until 1752, producing a difference of eleven days between the Julian Old Style (OS) and the modern Gregorian New Style (NS) dates. Many Sidenotes and some Footnotes for the years before 1753 give both dates since contemporary English reference documents of that period used the OS date. The OS/NS dates are shown for example as Sept. 20 Oct. 1. or Mar. 2 13 . Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes themselves have been placed near the end of the book in front of the Index. The Index in this book covers both volumes. References in the Index to Vol. i or Vol. ii pages are indicated for example by "i. 123, 456" or "ii. 234". The link will go to the correct page in that volume.The links to vol i are not active on handheld devices. Some minor changes to this volume are noted at the end of the book. A |
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