The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-02

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TO the LIST of June 1850. The regulation iorbidding
extracts to be taken from the contracts OF former
years has been rescinded. o. b.
PROPOSALS BY LITTLE X BROWN
FOR PUBLISHING SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of The United STATES.
EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TIME public will be glad to learn that the pubca
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. 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 volumnous 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 we'll 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 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 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 singularly
interesting character. Probably the most remark
able, at 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 774 IT'S, 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 dcarth OF all knowledge of
them, will be highly valuable To posterty.
II Is well known that an intention was long en-
tertained by the younger MIR. Adams TO write a
memoir of his father. This, although not entirely
Lex WAS A m "
fragment remains in perfect state and will be
prefxed 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 10 be gathered out of correspondence
carried for a half a century, well out of
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 Dlscourses 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
from the private papers, az may be considered most
likely To promote better acquaintance with the
times in which MIR. Adams lived and acted than Il
yet possessed, after all the valuable contribu-
tons which have already been furnished from
other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
hdrnty believe that there is no 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 Ia DC encouraged W go on 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 20 be given them and in the following order
|. Works upon Government
?. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations Of the Revolution.
g. Messages and Public Papers.
T. Diary.
s. Private Letters on Public Subjects, INA 90 1901
D. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
T. 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 bc beautifully printed, i'm ten vol
umes, in the octave iogin, each volume containing
from 500 10 600 pages, and put up in cloth, at the
price of 80 25 a volume.
A limited number Of copies will be struck of on
large paper, and put up ia the same style of bind
ing, price . a volume.
Subscriptions and orders are rcspcc fully solicit
ed by the proprictors. LITTLE q BROWN,
Aug 29-3ta~u 10 Washington st., Boston.
sTATEsMAN's MANUAL,
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