Fix dependencies so archived 1.8.3 will build.
Suppress warnings given by newer jshint.
Tagging the 1.8.3+1 release; build updates only. Close gh-1102.

There are no code changes from the 1.8.3 tag. This addresses issues in building the library that are caused by incorrect versions in the package.json file.

Thanks @damienklinnert for pointing out this problem!