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extended 10 the flrst day OF December next, at III
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PROPOSALS BY LITTLE Il BROWN
FOR PUBLISHING by SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of the United States.
EDITED'B BY HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
TIME public will be glad to learn that the publica
Il ton Of the works Of JOHN ADAMS, SO long de-
layed, will now be commenced SO soon as an ade
quate subscription shall have been obtained 1t 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 vouminous 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 his
father tRe'lhte 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 lS4S,
when the younger Adams died.
The materials for the first of the two works
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 singularly
interesting character. Probably the most remark
able, least in the eyes of the world, will prove to
be Diary, commenced by him as early as 1855,
and carried 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 at 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 an intention was long en-
tertained by the Younger Mr.. Adams to write
memoir of Ills father. This, although not entirely
executed, was commenced. A most interesting
fragment remains in perfect state, and will be
pretxed to the present publication. The unexe-
cuted portion will be carried 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 great difficulty will be in the abundance of
the materials to be gathered out of correspondence
carried on for half century, well as out of un
published treatises Of various kinds rather to bring
them all within reasonable limits for purchasers,
than to come short of what will interest the students
of the national history.
1t 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
Davila; 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.
Such selections will be made from the Diary, and
likely to promote better acquaintance with the
times in which Mr.. Adams lived and acted than is
yet possessed, after all the valuable contribu
tons which have already been furnished from
other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
fidently believe that there is work relating to
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 TO be encouraged TO goon 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 a reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character de
signed TO be given 10 them and in the following
|. Works upon Government.
2. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations OF the Revolution.
3. Messages and Public Papers.
5. Private Letters on Public Subjects, 1774 to 1901
6. Private Letters from l756 to ls26.
Z. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued Ivy
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 25 a volume.
A 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 proprietors LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug 29-3tawtf ll2 Washington st., Boston.
sTATEsMAN's MANUAL,
Comprising the Lives, Addresses, and Mes
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States,
From Washington 70 Tdyior's Inaugural Message,
March 1919; nth a History of their Adminisra-
tons and Of each Session Of Congress- also variotls
Historical, Statistical, and Other important Public
Documents, and a complete Tndsr, or analytical
Table Of Contents 10 The ,ohoIe tcork.
Edited by Edwin williams, Esq.
illustrated with Portraits of our twelve Prcsi-
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From the President Of The United States.
"To. Mr.. +. WALKER,-Dear sir; have found
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Yours, JAMES X. POLK.
From he Hon. Henry Clay.
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STATE OF New YoRK, Secretary's Office,
Dept. Of Com. Schools, ALBANY, Sep. l3, 1876. (
Nave examined the ''Statesman's Manual, 1" in
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and am Of opinion that IL is proper work for
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Dept. State, sup't Common Schools.
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