The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-11
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second presidpnf of The T1nifed Sfafes


Second President Of The United States
EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TINE public will be glad to learn that the pubhca-
i ton of the works Of JOHN ADAMS, so long de-
layed, will now be commenced so soon as an ade-
qrate subscription shall have been obtained. IL ls
intended to embrace in the proposed collection the
works of Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
lished but now out OF print, and selection from
| most voluminous mass of manuscripts which have
never seen the light.
The collection is to be made and edited by the
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the depositary OF all
the manuscripts as well of John Adams as of hfs
father the late John Quincy Adams, and is intended
the first of great publications, Calculating
the history of the rise and progress OF these United
States, from the year 1851 in which the revolution
AIRY struggle first began down to the year lS4S
when the younger Adams died.
The materials for the first of the two works are
| much ample than has generally been sup
| posed John Adams, during nearly all his life
| scrupulously preserved his papers, and among
! them found many of curious and singularly
| interesting character. Probably the most remark
abe least in the eyes of the world will prove to
be Diary, commenced by him early as 1855,
and carried on for thirty years. including the largest
portion of his public career. This Diary will be
found to contain great amount of valuable matter
connected with the early movements of the Revolu-
ton in Massachusetts,, and to throw good deal OF
new light upon the proceedings of the great Con
crosses of l774 ITS, and l776 Philadelphia, in
which the writer was conspicuous actor There
also notes of the debates during portion of that
PERIOD which, in the dearth Of all knowledge of
them, will be highly valuable to posterity.
Ii is well known that intention was long en-
tertained by the younger MIR. Adams to write a
| memoir of his father This, although not entirely
executed, commenced. A most interesting
! fragment remains in perfect state, and will be
! prehxed to the present publication The unexe-
cuted portion will be carried on by the editor, aided
| by the discovery of an photographed fragment
of John Adams himself which will be woven into
the body of his work.
The difficulty will he in the n abundance of
the materials to be gathered of correspondence
carried on for half century, well out of UNI
published treases OF various kinds rather to bring
them all within reasonable limits for purchasers,
than TO short of what will interest the students
of the national history.
1t is proposes TO issue the work in ten octave vol
umes These will include the Essay on the Canon
and Feudal Laws, the Defence of the American
! Constitution, the various editions of which have
| been long since exhausted, and the Discourses on
Dava; to all of which illustrations, drawn from
the unpublished writings of Mr.. Adams, or sup
! piled by the editor from other sources, will be
added
4 Such selections will be made from the Diary, and
from the private papers, may be considered most
likely TO promote better acquaintance with the
times in which MIR. Adams lived and acted than is
yet possessed after all the valuable contrbu-
tons which have alreasy been furnished from
other quarters On the whole, the publishers con-
idently believe that there is work relating 10
the revolutionary history of the United States, and
indeed of the times in which Mr.. Adams lived, that
surpasses in historical and political value the vol
umes now offered to the patronage of the Ameri-
can people. And they strongly hope that they
shall find themselves well sustained in this great
enterprise 70 be encouraged TO go and perfect
the other and latter part of it, the Life and Works
! Of the no less distinguished son, John Quincy
Adams.
The works will be brought out from time TO time,
commencing during the autumn of lS4s, and com
! pleted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention 10 the high character de
signed TO be given to them, and in the following
order
|. Works upon Government.
,. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
! locations Of the Revolution.
/ 3. Messages and Public Papers.
| 4. Diary
5. Private Letters on Public Subjects, l774 TO
! 8. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
! I. Life, by John Quincy Adams continued by
the editor
:. Original unpublished Letters of Franklin
! Jay, jefferson, the Lees, Laurens, Gerry
Dana, lizard, and other eminent patriots of
the Revolution,
The work will be beautifully printed in ten vol
umes, in the octave form, each volume containing
from 900 10 GOO pages, and put up in CLOTH at the
/ price Of g 25 volume
Limited number Of copies will be struck off on
! large paper, and put up in the same style of bind
ing, price SO volume.
Subscriptions and orders are respectfully solicit
ed by the Proprctors.
LITTLE BROWN,
| Aug 29-3taw1 ll2 Washington ST., Boston.
! sTATEsMAN's MANUAL
I Comprising the Lives, Addresses. and Mes
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