Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-12
PROSPECTUS
VI n HISTORY or THE a ADMINISTRATORS or
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
ny, Brooke Co. Va. May 6, 1929.
President er he United States of .lbnericn.

President Of The United States nj .l,nericn.
UGH OF the uncertainty which dishgures the histo-
In ~ OF the World might have been avoided had il.
events been mofe generally recorded or near pcIiod
oi he occurrence The p'eunices often incident 10 ri
tiers who tfeat of contemporary cents NAV indeed h,o
suspicion on their fidelity, but this suspicion by incnv
examination of their statements, subjects their
Correction and thus promotes the Nsceainmen, Of truth
On the other hand when history pc the ~
yiedngt to the sympshies Of the present time
her office till she the uninpa ssionsd r. M
past she npaiIs her usefulness in the hone Of
menting her dignity: for during the interval
Of inflammation, Of which the value important nd the
loss isretevable, have vanished. while Others which cop
Temporary criticism would have rejected fascos ,.
main and are relied on; opinions become min
geo WIN iacis Heating misconceptions enhoded nd
truth often becomes the victim Of tradition
At nners fthe American Republic has IL heen ,,o,e i'm
PoTtant hant now ", that narrative public event.
should be prepared under the full light Of
observation The AdminstTai of President Adams
existed throughout period OF popular excitement so
rail- that It's ae have been regarded rather as ob.et nj
attack and dence than as the operations Of great Re
puhc through its constituted organs; rather as events
eeiing the character and fortunes OF individuals than NJ
fe community. To exhibit the trsnsa cton, ~ ,his -
efesiins epoch in connected form, and with care and
mpaTiSiiiy which may assist the future historian tho
work now announced, and in course of will
be published u win be composed from public documents
chiefly; bot other sources o information also be
ted To, which, though inferior In dignity afford
Illustrations Of the period proposed 10 be-
The "Hi'toU 81 me .4dninisiT0iion Of JoHs QuIsCY
ADAMS ~iII contain, smong its topics, the following.
- p'SH"hoII view bt parties IN the United States
from the of the Confederation TO tat of the
ut JOHN QUINCY ADAMS to the Presidency.
2. view OF his life and public services anterior n nj.
Presidency.
j. An account ofth events connected with his escr
TO the Presidency. ''"""
a. view Of the genius, policy, and rp,nJrs of n.
Administration exhibiting the operations Of earh NJ the
principal Departments of the Executive Government, ;
the State, Treasury War, Navy. and General Poe, oc
nee; ana comprising the Legislative nd Diplomatic III
tory ri the United States during the 18Th and 2O Con-,
crosses. " W"
D. view NJ the 81 the cour,rv \, the e,,r,r
fnsni and ~ the termination of his Presidency.
o. An account Of the lives, services and characters f
thr Members " his Cabinet, &c.
= An Appendix Of documentary nd Other i,lustra
Of the text.
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