Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-18
PROSpECTIlS
PROSPECTUS
or II HISTORY Of THE .aDJfLNISJ'R ALTON or
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

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| rres,dcn IF the United States Of .4merica
N oSn OF the uncertainty which dis6guIes the histo-
-. ~ OF Tue World might have been avoided, had il.
oeen more generally recorded nea Oh, he riod
VI ne' occurrence The prejudces 10 wti-
! 'i-, e"' VI contemporary events may indeed throw
uspco" on their fidelity; but this suspicion by pcitipv
examination OF their statements subiee,, ,.;, ero -
correction and thus promotes the of ruth
oet hand' when history, pc OF
10 'ne sympathies Of the presen time, pos,ponex
"et once TIL she unmpa WE'VE of
"ge, she mpairs her usefulness in the hop. of aus,
80 NC. "g"ty Tor during the uteyal, many sources
=, oi winch the value imp oItan nj nd the
srre'T'evableh have vsnished hiie Others, which con-
o'"'e,sm would have rejected as fallacious re-
d % ave rene o"i opinions become insepsr abIy min
80" WI" iNcts Heating miscouce Itions are embudi.d
""'" "''eh becomes the victim of tradition
'""efa OF the American Republic has IL been more I'm,
p"'ant nam now is, that narrative Of public events
should he prepared under the full light of ronempo,sv
observation The Admnis OF esiden, adams has
eNSeo throughout period Of popular so gene
rail- lat ITS acts have been rather obi,cts nj
attack aud defence, than uf ,rcst re-
p"oc through Reconstructed organs; rather as events
eciimS the character fortune. Of i.dy;duns ,I, Of
"e community To exhibit the transa ctions of this i'm
etesipg epoch III connected form, md with C.. re- nd
Importantly which assist the future historian tho
Work now announced, and prrparsii ton will
oe punished II will be composed
chiefly; bat other of iio IN also be esor
ted to, which, though inferior in dignity afford impoan,
Illustrations ot the prrud proposed ION ne
The "HisioTy Of The administration Of JouN 0utN.v
ADAMS will contain among its topics. the followius:
l. preliminary view Of parties in the United States
''cn the era of the Cnnfedc of the
: oi JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 'o the Presidency.
= view "f his lie aud public services interior n, his
Presidency.
An account the connected with his eles,;o
so the Presidency. ~
- vie" az the genius, pnlicy, md results of n.
administrations exhibiting :he operations ca cb OF ,b
pl"cipal Departments OF the Ex, Goyetnne,, v,
Inc state, Treasury War. Navy, aud General Posi- n,
nee; aud comprising the legislative aud Dplona,;c H
Tory TT the CmiIed States during the lQh and 2O c.
crosses. ~ WV
~ view q" the state "f tile country at the Commence
meI aud at the termination OF his Presidency
o. An account of the lives, services and
the Members of his Cabinet, &c.
An Appendix Of documentary and other illustrations
0f the ~
TERMS
The work will be published by the subscriber du,ibp
ensuing autumn.
u VIII form volume Of about five hundred pa n.s &C
'aVo and will De furnished Boards az three dolt. r. no,
copy. f
rs me number OF copies printed will be regulated by
me probable demand persons DESTROYS of possessing the
WORK are invited tn leave their names with tire uubsn,r
PETER FORCE
As tits desired that the "Hilory" Sc shall be pren,
red On information full aud authentic an b, oh,i
e' stions from all quarters subject of il
addressed 10 the publisher, ashiustqn aud uok pd
ave respectfully solicited. ''