...s, of Salem, to furnish the notes for Brown's Reports; and they applied to Sumner to annotate Vesey, offering two thousand dollars. He was reluctant to enter upon the labor, recommending in his stead Mr. Perkins , who, was however, too much preoccupied to undertake it. After conferring with Mr. Perkins as to the details and method of such work, he accepted the publishers' terms, and agreed to prepare a vo...