Michael O. Eshleman, member of the Ohio Bar, received the complete and single PDF file containing 4,000 pages of the Privy Council record from Professor Stephen Guest, University College London. Eshleman divided the file into eight volumes. Pagination is continuous throughout the entire document, thus the first page is "1-1" and the last is "8-4019." The file names are in this form: "3-c 1225 to 1230 Report of Capt Russell HMS Actaeon." This means the file is from volume three of the record, that it is the third section of volume three, it contains pages 1225 to 1230, and a summary of its contents. These summaries were assigned by Eshleman and are not comprehensive. The historical material is generally ordered chronologically.

Eshleman omitted sections containing the graphic details of the violence committed against the women in the case, including the notes of evidence when they testified, in order to protect the women. Thus, the following pages have been omitted: pages 1-1 to 1-30, pages 1-173 to 1-432, and pages 8-3688 to 8-3777. He did not omit older case reports and documents that relate to cases from many decades ago because those concerned are long dead.