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PROPOSALS. ny LITTLE ~ BROWH
FoR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMo'

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PROPOSALS. BY LITTLE n BROWN
PUBLISHING SUBSCRIPTION ,.s
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN Adams
Second Prestds~t of the U"ifed states,
EDITED GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS npAM r
TINE public will be glad to that the publication OF
tho works of join ADAMS long delayed, VIII now be
as soon as an TO embrace in the proposed
collection the works OF MI Adams On i,i G
pnblished hut now of print and seiecilon from
most youminous of manuscripts which have never
seen no is to be made and edited by the Hon
CHARLES Frsncs Adams the dePostary Of all the manu-
scripts we'll Of John Adams as Of his aaeI the late John
publications Calculating the History o. the h,s ss and
year 1873. when tho younger Adams died
The material. 0i the mrs. Of the TWO works n,e much
Adams, during nearly all his e scrupulousy served
s ans the
remarkable Al least in the eyes Of the world viii prove to
sd on for thirty Yeas including the Ia sss, port, on of
public career THIS Diary will be found 70 contain great
of the Revolution in Massachusetts, and to throw
good deal Of n s the d s great
which the writer was conspicuous There also
notes OF the debates during portion of that PERIOD which,
in tho deah Of all knowledge OF them VIII be highly val
1t is we'll known that intention long entertained
by he younger Mr. Adams write memoir OF his father
This. although entirely executed, was commenced. A
most intere'ting fragment remf,ns IN perfect state ana
portion will be carried by the editor, aided by the dis
covery of an photographed fragment OF John Adams
The great difficulty will be in the abundance Of the mate
rails be gathered of correspondence carried for
half century, we'll out Of unpublished ireases of
various kinds, rather bring them all within reason.
able limits for purchasers than to come short OF what will
interest the students OF the national history
is proposed to issue the work in ten octave volumes
These viii include the the canon and feudal law
the defence Of the American constitutions the various ed-
tons Of which have been long since exhausted and the
dscourses Dava TO all of WHICH Illustrations drawn
IRON the unpublished writings OF Mr. Adams, supplied
by the editor from other sources, will be added
Such selections will DO made from the Diary, and from
the private papers, 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 valuable contributions which have already been
furnished from other quarters. On the whole the pub
fishers confidently believe tina, there is no work relating TO
revolutionary history of the United States, and indeed
Of the times in which Mr.. Adams lived. that surpasscs in
historical and political value the volumes now offered to
the patronage OF the American people And they strongly
hope that they shall find themselves so well sustained in
a be e IT. q. s.d
no less disting uished son, John Quincy Adams.
msncinr during the autumn of isis, and oompeted with.
in reasonable period consistently with proper attention
the high designed to be given to them, and in
the following order;
Political papers including Controversial Publications
| 3. Messages and Public Papers
s. Private Letters on Public Subjects, l774 to 1901.
| 6. Private Letters from l756 to 1876
6 org heaels Of franklin Jay Seer
son, the Lees Lanrens Gerry, Dana izard' and 9th
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The work will be beautifully printed in volumes
the octave FORM each volume containing from 500 to 6o
i,O Win bo ss
per- and put up in the same style of binding, price $S
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/ RICHARD M. YOUNG,
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i Mar S-law13w t,5 s.
N0tloe Of the establishments OF te Land ONCE
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IN of the first Of