The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-15

FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
HE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,


THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President gf the United States.
EDITED Dy HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
VNiE public will be glad to learn that the publica
Il ton OF the works of john ADAMS, 50 long de-
iayed, will now be commenced SO soon ade-
quate subscription shall have been obtained II is
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 well of John Adams as of his
father the late John Quincy Adams, and is intended
as the first OF two great publications. Calculating
the history OF the rise and progress OF these United
States, from the year l76l in which the revolution
AIRY struggle first began, down to the year 1913,
when the younger Adams died.
The materials for the first of the two works are
much more ample than has generally been sup
posed. John Adams, during nearly all his life,
scrupulously preserved his papers, and among
them are found many of a curious and singuarly
interesting character. Probably the most remark
able at least in the eyes OF the world, will prove to
| be Diary, commenced by him early 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 carly movements of the Reyou-
ton in Massachusetts,, and to throw good deal of
new light upon the proceedings of the great Con
crosses of l774, l775 and l776 at Philadelphia, in
which the writer "A conspicuous actor. There
are also notes of the debates during portion of that
period, which, i'll the dearth of all knowledge of
| them, will be highly valuable to posterity.
| II is well known that intention was long en-
terained by the younger MIR. Adams to write a
memoir of his father This, although not entirely
| executed, was commenced. A most interesting
| fragment remains in perfect state, and will be
pretixed to the present publication. The unexe-
cuted portion will be carried on by the editor aided
| by the discovery of photographed fragment
| Of John Adams himself, which will be woven into
| the body of his work.
| The great difficulty will be in the abundance of
the materials TO be gathered out of correspondence
carried on for half century as well as out Of I'M
published treatises 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.
II is proposed 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
| Davia; to all of which illustrations, drawn from
| the unpublished writings of Mr.. Adams, or sup
| piled by tho editor from other sources, will be
added.
Such selections will be made from the Diary, and
from the private papers, as may be considered most
| likely to promote better acquaintance with the
! times in which Mr.. Adams lived and acted than is
yet possessed, after all the valuable contrbu
| tons which have already been furnished from
other quarters On the whole, the publishers con-
haently believe that there is no work relating to
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 to 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 lS49, and com
pleted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character de
signed to be given to them, and in the following order:
/. Works upon Government
2. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations OF the Revolution
3. Messages and Public Papers.
4. Diary.
s. Private Letters on Public Subjects, TIA to 1901
6. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
| I. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
the editor.
s. 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 500 to 600 pages, and put up in cloth, at the
price of So % volume.
limited number of copies will be struck off on
large paper and put up in the same style of bind
ing, price 50 a volume.
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solicit
ed by the proprietors LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug. 29-3tawtf III Washington ST., Boston.