Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-06-19
JUST PUBLISHED,
BY THOMAS B. WAIT * SONS,

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Fsr~i.g tbs Gn5 vsIs~s, face Mr.. JHFrassoss dc
s.1'as, osd bringing tbs ss>is dsrv" 70 the
eian IF sbs late War
7'HE publifhers cong atulate themselves and the
| : citizens OF this country on the completion OF
| this important undertaking.
| No cauie OF complaint would have been tuggets0
| by any perlon had the preient volume cioed with
the documents before the pubiick at the date OF
our propofaIs, AL hough the full complement OF
five hundred pages was occupied with ,ho!s to
that time. January 1914 The publifhers have
thought ben 10 incur the expence Of about hail
another volume TO enable the community TO receive
the complete Ter OF Papers 20 the cioie ct the war
/ The lnducement 70 this graiutcus exeriion for
the genes al diffufon OF Information the very
libes al iubicrption, with which this work has
been received and the pubfhers entertin no fears
of ultimate loss from he neglect OF generous PEG
pie.
Though the volumes embrace 70 many docu-
ments of fuch diverfhed relations with foreign
powers, II is confidently believed Tie collections is
complete labor has been ipafedto make II 10.
The opiuions of gentlemen, whom the puoIihers
have con.uted on .h,s iutjeet have nos. however
| in all cafes, been united. A defre has been ex.
prelIed TO have the convention of boundaries as
lettied by MIR. K,ag between US and Crea, Brit
ain, inferred Pes haps many would look tor the
celebsa ted letter of Iurreau, the French miLlter
relative which the ltatenient If MIR. Graham 10
given by the iecretary of itae with hs report
The letter 10 printed with the Journals OF the
tioule Blu, we have moi thought ourielves per
missed 20 pubiiih papers of that kind, unels by
the Prehdent communicated to Congreis. and at
forwards by The Congrets gwen to ,heir conititu
| ents. The late war produced many Official let.
tiers and reports, fuch as thole retaliation, on
the maaner in which the war was conducted b
| the enemy and treatment of pritoners, of which
our judgment was, that they were not within
| the orgluai plan of undertaking. Ye, the ev,
dence of the iae by the enemy of naves, car
ried from Virginia, is given, tho might feem
equally 20 be excluded, becaufe in the nitruetions
of the fecretary to our pienlpoentiaries at Client,
it is introduced among, The other important Tub
ecfs of advice and the omiiion of the document 70
iupport the initructions, nigh, no. have been
juihabie If, however, any paper be dlicovef ed
| by curious inqu,rers, Whole ,ntertion 10 iequii,e
| for the complexion Of The series, the principles
| shumed, the requeit for IT'S communication re-
newed and he puoiihers will gladly print 1t
| IN the Appendix 70 the other ieies OF State Pa
| pers, during the adminiit atoms Of Waihngtou and
adams OF thar series, 1T Is pretumed, every
purchaier of the Preiens would choote 10 have
| copy
i. has been regretted that the volumes have nor
| feet. Indeed each volume Is mum cred on the IN
fde az the foot OF every eighth page aud IN the
Incex references are mace to luch Dumelca, di-
| vilons. Ia the bind ng the diif,ncton of years
was preferred for The on tide, for this obvious rea
ion, that, as The Title n $ American stale Pa
pes ;" and the fame .itie will be adopted tor the
earlier tesIes. OF which Il not yer even known
VINE, her is may be aimed III III zee tour vol
umes, il remaos uncertain. whether the f,9 vol
ume of this work will finally be numbered a.
fswtb o. Effb of the general collection from the
commencement OF ouf federa government
On The iuDsct OF dares, from the lnierton OF
papers OF Que year afset papers OF later years.
We refer iuquirers 10 the tea words OF explanation
| IN our Advertisement o he third voume l. is
there iuficien,, though 10 brief, tina; we may be
executed tof adding another word. We nave Uni
| formiy unIeis the contrary Is notified TO the
| der, glven he papers the order that govern
ment communieaf ed to them Every one mutt III
deriland, shat co, Al the opening of i,lii III OF
Congreis the communications fl uifferent coun
tries are dipiayed the order 10 be followed ihouio
/ be iuch as give the bet understanding OF The
| futjeets The .e ON England ihould he
printed without mixture of letters from France
| though he daic of tome OF the la ter may ne be
fore Tome and after Others from the former. 80
10 the leat quetons aoout olockades and Impred
men q. much written which the government
thought uen not make pubic for feverai years
when il required intsreit from he new commu.
nlca,Ions which the Old wanted TO expiAn. |
some errors of dates, ia whicts ne printers follow
ed tie officia papers, are corrected in the index
which il Is believed, will be found iutfil iently |
copious.
The work has sweIled under the hands of the |
pubiiihers TO five volumes, though il was not sx.
peeted TO fill more than four This would be !
Cause Of regret the importance Of The |
mater enough 90 iarlsty every iu5fcrioef of the |
value Of his acquih.ons The preient ext raor
binary Fl uas,on Of the old world, thee pages ac-
qulre new ln,ereR with every politician, Whole |
Tag acty is exerted 20 difcover how our country
may be implicated in the relations of kurope.
q subscription. tor he frn ferries COMPETING |
the osa,e Papers of The Waihing,on anu Adams |
administrations are yer received.
The fuhfcribers to this work 10 the Diltrics of |
Name will be fupphed with the ait volumes IN the
| ccsris of Iuue and July. As the pubi,ihers will |
pun TO preis as ICON practicable the State Papers
| of the Warrington ard Adams ADMINISTRATIONS. |
| they requet all hofe WHO are deffons of COM
peting tnsi iets, to engage them on the delivery Of
rhe 'alt volumes of he feries-I The pubic
will obferve, thar the psbihers do not con6der
themieives bound 10 iupPy any copies Of he
| papers If the Warrington and adams Rdminn
trasions, unieis fueh as are engaged before the
work Is put to preis.
| THOMAS B WAIT & SONS.
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