Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-09
PROSPECTUS
OF Il HISTORY or THE ADMINISTRATORS Or-
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
President of The Unaed Sfutes Of .nuerico

President IF The United States of america.
N YIN OF I've uncertainty which dshsures the his,o.
1'A ~ OF the World might have been voided had its
events oeen more generally recorded the uerod
oil the' Occurrence. The udices often inCiden IN
ers VINO treat oi contemporary may indeed
suspicion on Their hdsyS but this suspicion, by incitinp
examination OF their statements, subjects their .ro ~
correction, and thus promotes the ascertainmcut Of ,h
onhe other hand when history escape the
yielding To The sympathies of the present time, pospones
her once W she can seem the unmp C
past age, she impaIs her usefulness in the hone Of aug
mentng her dignity: for during the MANY
oi Inomaton Of which the value important nd the
loss isTfeTievable, have hnised, while others
tempoIar criticism would have rejected az faacio 20
main and are ieed on; opinions become nsepa tabv
geo win ihc's ho"uns misconceptions embodied and
truth often becomes the victim Of tradition
i AT noeTa Of the American Republic has il been n,,o m
Pof'an hhnh now u.s. that narrative Of public events
shouid be prepared under the full light contemporary
observations The Administration Of President Adams Ia
existed throughout period Of popular o gsn.
rail- that its actShav been sided rather as osris nj
attack and defence than the operations Of p,ea, Re-
p"bc thTough It's constituted organs; rather as events
ieclng the character aud fortunes of individuals than "a
t'e community. To exhibit the transactions of this IN
tefesfing epoch IN connected FORM and with ca re- and
importantly which may assist the future historian the
WORK no" announced, and in a preparation, will
he published. u will he composed from public doeumeu,s
cnehy but other sources of information viii also be resor
TED to- which, though inferior in dignity afford
Illustrations Of the period proposed to be- a,
The "5"toTy o. me AdminiShdiion Of Jonx QuIyty
ADAMS WI contain among its topics the following:
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from the era OF the Confederation st Of ihe
OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS to the PIesidercv
2 view Of his life aud public services a,,ic, - Li
! Presidency. '' =" "'
g. An account Of the cobnec ted with his e,,,,
/ 10 the Presidency. '''"'
o. view Of the genius, policy, acts and results of b
AdmlnYlrauon, exhibiting the Operations " each nj IT.,
PRINCIPAL Departments uf the Executive Govetuue,, ,
the State Treasury, War, Navy, aud General Pos, or
nee; mud comprising the Legislative aud Dipomntic ST.
tory OF the United States during the 18Th aud con Con
gresses. " W"
D. view of the STATE II the country AZ The conmer,.
meni and at the terminate OF his Presidency.
o. An account OF the lives services aud chsraefc,s n
the Members "f his Cabinet, &c.
Of the text.
TERMS.
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ensuing autumn. "s
IL VIII form volume Of about five hundrrL uas.. o..
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