Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-05-29
JUST PUBLISHED,
BY THOMAS B. WAIT s. SONS,
American State PaPers-I8IV-I5
f@~irg 6s Eab oo'nm., fac Mr.. JEsfERsoSs a.
e.giea aaa bringing t5sSseie S.zla 70 f6s


e.DGsa aaa bringing tbsss<iss s.rra % f6s
| siose IF tbs late Wss'
| THE publih ers congratulate themselves and the
/ citizens of ,his country % the completion OF
this important undertaking
| No caufe Of complaint wold have been fuggelied
by any perlon. had the preisnt voume clofed with
he documents before the publck az The date oE
QUE propolss, Although the fui complement OF
Ave hundred pages wa occupied with those 70
that time. January 1914, lac pubilhers have
though. ben to Iacur the exprnce Of about half
auogher volume to enable the community TO receive
the com pese Es, of Papers The coie Of the war.
The nducemeat 10 this gratutcus exertion for
lthe general diffulon OF Information was the very
liberal luhfcriptiou, with which this work has
been received and the pu5liihes entertin no fears
Of innate loss from the neglect of generous peo
PIE.
Though the volumes embrace 70 many docu-
meats of fuch dvesi6ed reia ions with foreign
powess it il confidently believed tie collections is
complete mo labor has been iparedto make is 20.
The opiuions Of gentlemen whom the pu5liihsrs
have consu'ted thiss jeet, nave nos however,
10 ali caes been uoiltd A defse has bsep ex~
preiled 10 have ths convention Of boundaries, as
lenlsd by MIR King between US and GreAs Britt
ain infered --Fsthaps many would lock for the
cs.ebFated letter Of Tutreau. the French miLaer,
reiasivs 80 which the ia,ement If Mr. Grahsmis
given by theiecretaey of Gaze with his repors.
The letter is pria,ed with the Icu-uzis OF the
il3uf- But We have rot thought ouFGsIves per-
miel 20 pubifh papes Of thar kind, uaeis sy
the Prsiient communicated 70 Gbnsfefs, and at
te wards by he Coag ELS gveaSto their conflisu-
ents Tbs Ia'e war produced many official les-
iers and re 5orts iuch a. thsse on retaliation, on
the ma. ner in which the war was conducted by
tie eneny, and treatmeui Of prifoners of which
our judgment was sha; they were DOT within
TIE original plan of undertaking Yet the ev,-
deoce Of the lse by the enemy of flaves car
tied from Virginia il given, tho might feem
equally 70 be excIuied, becaule in the ,nllruefous
Of the fecre;ary TO cur p'enpofentiaries at Ghent,
it il duced among, tie other important sub-
ecis OF advice AMI the omiffion of the document
iuppor, the inaru9ions, might NOT have been
in lihable. IL however any pager be dllcovered
by curious inquirers Whole ,nleruon Is requltlte
Tor the completion Of the series, on the principles
vflmed the reoIsh for ITS communication is re-
uewed and he pubi1lers win gladly print It
in The Appendix to the other feries of State Pa
pers, GGring the adniniat atoms of Wslhinggou and
ieacss OF that settles, il is preiumed every
purchaser Of the preient would ehoote 10 have
copy.
IL has been regretted that the volumes have noe
been numbered bu. this is not an important de-
fslf. Iadeed each volume is MIN ,ered on the in-
Gde a. the foot OF every eighth page; aad 10 the
ludex references are made 10 iuch numerical d.
vilons. Ia the bind ag the distrncton OF years
was preferred for the GU GAe for this obvoi,s
ion, that, as the title 10 I" American STATE Pa
psrs !" and the saue tiSie wil be adopted for the
eariiee ferries of Which i; is not yet even known
" ae her il may be contained IN ID four vol
umcs il remains uaseriain whether the frS vol
ulne Of TINS work viii faaly be numbe, ed as
f,4.tb Or f;hB IF the general collection from the
commence meat Of Irr federal governments
o. he iubist Of dases, from the inieftton OF
papers OF oae year after papers OF later yssrs.
we refer iIqairers 10 the few words OF exp'anaaon
il our advertisement 20 tie third vo.Gms. Il is
there sufficens though 70 brief, tha; we may be
executed for adding Another word We have UNI
form ualeCs the contrary y notified TO the rsa-
der, gvsa the papers IN the order that & svern-
communicates 10 hem Every one mult un-
derliand, that en-, The opening OF g ia m OK
Congress rhe comsnu aicaious rom dfefen. coun-
tries difpiayed. the order TO be followed fhoud
be iuch a., 10 give the bets understanding OF he
! fu5ieas The lie sers from England is3uid 5e
| printed wi thout MIXTURE of letters from France
though The date of lome of the Ia ter may be be-.
| fore Tome aud after others from the former So.
ia the gres auctions aScut oIockades and impref.
| ments much was written which the government
thought beit not 10 make public for ievera years,
| when IL required Interett from The new comnu-
| nc alious which the old were waited TO explain
some errors of dates in which the printers follow
| ed TIE official Papers, corrected In the Index
which i, is believed, will be fouad fufhciently
copioas.
The work has swelled uuder the hands of the
publiiiers 10 Eve volumes though i was not exc
pee1ed TO fill more than four. This would be
cause of regret, not tas importance Of the
matter enough 20 fatisfy every iubIcriber Of the
value Of bis asquhaons. in ,he preient extrsor.
dinary hsuatoa OF the old wo rid, Ehele pages ac-
qnife a new in,erea with every politician, whole
/ fag aci.y il exerted 20 dfeover how our country
may be implicated in the relations of Europe
E1y-Subicriptions for the f,.t ferries, comprihng
the SAFE Papers of the Warrington and Ae4sni
aiuiiniisI ATOMS are yet received.
I The fuSfcrihers 10 this work in the Diasict Of
Name will be fuppiied with the aft volumes 10 tie
cosrie of Iune and Jlly.-As The publiihers will
put preis as icon practicable the State Papers
Of the Warrington and Adams administrations
they requel all ihofe who are delrnns of COM
peting Their fets, to engage hem on the delivery ot
the Ian volumes of the later ieries-The public
viii obferve shat the rablifhers do not coDddcr
thsmielves bound TO irpply any copies Of ths
papers Cf the Warrington aud adams Admni
tsa.ions uGeis iueh as are engaged before lie
work i pus preis.
/ THOMAS 2. WAIT & SONS.
B9,7oa, No. 8, Dstssf Lane. May 29fb. 4w
CAUTION.