Andrew Gray wrote:
As a quick note, it's a little more easily available than it used to be - if you have access to the current Oxford DNB, they've implemented a system whereby each article is discreetly linked to a copy of the "original" text. (I don't know how precise a copy, or if it's been at all edited or modified)
I don't know when this came into practice, but I only encountered it last month. Might prove handy for your transcription checking!
It certainly might. I don't have current access to the ODNB, but this might be a reason to get it by a work-around I was recently told about.
Charles