The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-26
PROPOSALS. BY LITTLE & BROWN

layed will now be commenced so soon as an AIDE
quate subscription shall have been obtained. II il
intended to embrace in the proposed collection thu
| works of Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
lished, but now out OF print, and selection from
most voluminous mass Of manuscripts which hav,
never seen the light.
! The collection is TO be made and edited by tn,
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the depository of al
the manuscripts as well of John Adams of hi
father the late John Quincy Adams, and is intended
as the first of great publications, calculating
the history of the rise and progress of these Unteo
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 ar.
much more ample than has generally been sup
posed John Adams, during nearly all his life
scrupulousy preserved his papers, and among
interesting character. Probably the most remark
able, at least in the eyes of the world, will prove Il
be Diary, commenced by him early as l755
and carried on for thirty years, including the larges
portion of his public career This Diary will be
found to contain great amount of valuable matter
connected with the earl y movements of the Revou
ton in Massachusetts, and to throw good deal o
new light upon the proceedings of the great Con
crosses Of l774, ITS, and l776 at Philadelphia, IL
which the writer was conspicuous actor There
also notes of the debates during portion of tina
period, which, in the dearth Of all knowledge o.
them, will be highly valuable to poscrity.
1t Is well known that an intention was long en-
| tcrtained by the younger Mr.. Adams to write q
memoir of his father. This although not entirely
| executed was commenced most interesting
| 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 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, as well as out of I'M
published treatises OF various kinds rather to bring
| them all within reasonable limits for purchasers
| than 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 the Canon
and Feudal Laws, the Defence of the American
Constitution, the various editions of which have
been long since exhausted, and the Dscourses 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 better acquaintance with the
times in which Mr. Adams lived and acted than is
yet possessed, even after all the valuable contribu-
! tons which have already been furnished from
| other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
! fdently 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 Amcri-
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 il, 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
! plcted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character dc
signed tobe 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, I774 to 1901
8. Private Letters from 1855 TO 1926.
I. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
the editor.
9. 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 800 10 600 pages, and put up in CLOTH at the
price Of 50 % 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 a volume.
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solicit
cd by the propnetors LITTLE & BROWN,
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