The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-07
PROPOSALS. BY LITTLE y BROWN
UBLIsHING BY SUBSCRIPTIONS
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Sf the United States.
EDITED ny 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 30 soon as an ade-
quate subscription shall have been obtained. IL ID
intended TO embrace in the proposed collection the
works OF Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
ished, but now out of print, and selection from
most yoluminous mass of manuscripts which have
never seen the light
The collection is TO be made and edited by the
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the depostary 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 lS48,
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, win prove to
be Diary, commenced by him as early as 1856,
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 l775 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 a
memoir of his father. This, although not entirely
fragment remains in perfect state, and will b
prefxed to the present publication. The unexe
cutcd portion will be carried on by the editor, aidee
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 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
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, as may be considered most
| likely to promote a better acquaintance with the
| times in which Mr.. Adams lived and acted than IL
vet possessed even after all the valuable contribu-
| tions which have already been furnished from
other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
fidently believe that there is no work relating &c
the revolutionary history of the United States and
| indeed of the times in which Mr.. Adams lived, tha
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 grea
enterprise to be encouraged to go on and perfec
the other and latter part of it, the Life and Works
of the less distinguished son, John Quincy
Adams
| The works will be brought out from time TO time
commencing during the autumn OF lo49, and com
| pleted within a reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character de
| order:
1. Works upon Government.
q. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
| locations OF the Revolution.
3. Messages and Public Papers.
| 4. Diary.
! s. Private Letters on Public Subjects, l774 +,
| 1901.
| g. Private Letters from 1856 TO 1926.
| T. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
| the editor.
| g. Original unpublished Letters of Franklin
Jay, Jefferson, the Lees Laurens, Gerry
| Dana Izard and other eminent patriots o
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 tn
price of 80 25 volume.
A limited number of copies will be struck of o
large paper, and put up in the same style of bind
ing, price SO volume.
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solici
LITTLE BROWN,
Aug. 2e-3tawd ll2 Washington ST., Boston.
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