Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-08
PROSPECTUS
or Il HISTORY or THE .4D1fLNTSTR alton or
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
President Of The United States or .qmcrica.

PTeSidet Of The United States of .amcrica
Ne UGH OF the uncertainty which ds6pures ,h. bis,o
1VA ~ of the World might have been avoided, had lis
events been more generally recorded the period
OF their Occurrence. The prejudc.s often mcir AT Ia
ers VINO tFeat OF contemporary may indeed throw
suspc'"n on Their hdSyi but ihs suspicion, by iucitiu
examination OF their statements subjects their ero,s m
econ, and thus promotes the of rub
On the other hand when history, imputaion of
yielding To the symVaihies or the PRESENT time pospoucs
ier Office ill she the unn,pa snned 70 vrwer Of
past sire impars her usefulness in the hope of aug
meot'ng her dignity: for during the interval sru,c.
"i inflammation, o which the va ue nd the
loss sirrerevable, have vanished, while Others
'empu'aTy criticism would have rejected llacious rec
main and are reed opinions become insepA rabIy min
gieh with Iacis, floating mIscouce Etons embudi.
truth often becomes the victim ut Tradition
Atnoera ofthe American Republic has ii been more I'm.
poTtant THANH now is that narrative OF public events
should he pared under the full light Of oonrmpoatv
observation. The Adninstf tIon Of esideut Adans
existed throughput period Of popula excitement 81
rail- that its acts have been regarded rather as obccs o
attack aud defence Than the operations Of great R
public through it's constituted organs; as events Of
iecting the character and fortunes nf individuals than nj
me community To exhibit the transactions of this in
teresting epoch IN form md with ca 70 md
impariaiy which may the future historian th.
work INV announced, and in Of pre- ton will
he published IL will he composed from public doc uments
chrhy but other sources Of Indignation ~n aso e1or.
TED to- which, though inferior ia dignity so.d important
illustrations OF the period proposed be on
The "Hstoy Of me .4dHuiisfrdiion Of joins QUINCY
ADAMS" will contain, smuug its topics IN, FOLLOWING,
l. preliminary view Of paIiiss in the United States
from the Of the a. thar the
Of joins QUIEcY ADAMS to the Presidency.
2 view of his lie and public services aniericr 10 his
Presidency.
3. An account Of rise connected with lis e,,,
10 the Presidency.
view Of the genius, policy, and e.ulrs of he
Administration, exhibiting the operations 0 sarh of the
principal Departments OF the Ext Governments
me STATE, Treasury, War, Navy, and General Post OF
hcr' and comprising the Legislative aud Diploma tic His
tory OF tie United States during the 18Th aud 2O ON.
crosses.
D. yiew " the staeof the country al the Commence
mont and az the termination at his Presidency.
D. An account Of the lives services and characters If
the Members Of MS Cabinet, &c.
T. 40 AppendS Of documentary nd Otrr iluTra lions
Of The text
TERMS.
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ensuing autumn.
u will form volume IF about five hundred pages Or
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