Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-24
PROSPECTUS
or a HISTORY Or THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JOIIN QUINCY ADAhIN.


President " he United States Of .1,aerica.
Nh oCH Of the uncertainty which dshgures the his,o-
L'A ~ oil The World might have been avoided,
events oeen moe generally the period
oi heit occurrence. Tae prjudcos Uen incident 10 wti-
tiers VINO treat oi contemporary may indeed throw
snsp'e"" q" them fidelity; but this suspicious 10y incitug
examination OF their statements, subjects their errors To
correction, aud thus promotes the of truth
O"the other h"n whe" history, nnputaou OF
yednst" tie sympathies OF the present time, posiones
het uihce tail She the uunpa stoned viewer of
past age, she paiFs hei usefulness the hope of aur
m'"iS hrT dignity: for DUNG tie interval, many Seu,,
at information. OF which the aue Important and the
loss 'sirseeyatle, have aused while others which
temporary criticsm would have rejected as allacous
MAN and are relied OH; opinions become min
ged with facts, floating niscouce lons arc embodied and
itUih often becomes the victim tradition.
A'"" era u ie Ametican Republic has IT been more i,
p""n' h'"h how 49, that narrative of public events
Sh"uid he prepared under the ION light of
observations The Administration of tcs,icnt Adams -
EXISTED throughout period OF popar settlement 50 Gene
IA" 'na' s acts nave been regarded rather objects
attack and defence. than the opera tnnS of ercnt Re
"oc Woneh us constituted organs rather events At.
~'ng the character and rIures Of individuals than OF
'e community 10 EXHIBIT the tTansa ctiOns of this in
ierrS''ng epoch IN connected FORM and with care oub
lmp't"Ii'y which may assist the future historian the
work now nnuounced add in course of will
oe published IL will be composed from public
chehy hut oiher ct information will also he
tea to- which though inferior in dignity important
Illustrations ut the period proposrd be COIN
The "fii'ioTY Of tie .iGnniSiyaiion OF JoIIN QUINCY
ADAMS" will contain, among topics the following:
l. preliminary view ut parties in the United States
from the era u" the Confederation accession
OF join SuINCr ADAMS to the Presidency.
2 view of his life public services ante rcr 10 his
! Presidency
a" account of the with lis election
To tie Presidency.
y view OF the genius, policy, acts nd results oC bs
Administrators exhibiting the operations each nf the
principal Departments vt tho Executive Government vi,
me state Treasury, War Navy, and General Posi- OF
h'e "nd comprising the Legislative aud Diplomatic His
"y "t the United States durns the I0rh aud ooh Con
srrs>rs. ~" va
D. view of the state IF the country at the comoeur,
menu ana at the termination o! his Presidency.
o. An account oi the lives aud charactefs of
Wr Members "i has Cabinet, &c.
An appendix "i documentary nd other Illustrations
" the text.
TERMS.
me work VIII be published by the subsc sbcr during
ensuing autumn.
1t "'li form volume Of about FIVE hundred pages oc
"v" and viii be furnished Boards at three dollars ve
copy. ~
As the n"mhef Of copies printed will be regulated by
me probable demand. persons DESTROYS Of possessing the
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, PETER FORCE
rs Is desired that the "Hstory," &C. shs Il he pena
td u" niorna ION as full and AUTHENTIC as eau be obtain
eI commune atoms from all quarters the suh-c nf -
addressed To the publisher ashiugton aud soa maud
aTe respectfully solicited. T'