The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-11
PROPOSALS BY LITTLE & BROWN
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second PreSidenL of he LriLed SLntes


THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of The United States
EDITED ny HIS eRANDsoN, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
INiE public will be glad to learn that the pubhca-
j. 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 10 embrace in the proposed collection the
works OF Mr.. Adams on Government already pub
llshed but now out of print, and selection from
most volumlnous 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 well of John Adams as of his
father the late John Quincy Adams, and is intended
as the hrst OF two great publications, Calculating
States, from the year l76, 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 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 curious and sngularly
! interesting character. Probably the most remark
able, at least in the eyes of the world, will prove TO
be Diary, commenced by him early as 1855,
and carried on 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 carly movements of the Revou-
| ton IN Massachusetts, and to throw good deal of
new light upon the proceedings of the great Con
crosses of TIA, 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 dearth Of all knowledge of
them, will be highly valuable to posterity.
| is.well known that intention was long en-
| tertained by the younger Mr. Adams to write u
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 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 out of UNI
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 the Canon
| and Feudal Laws, the Defence of the American
Constitution, the various editions of which have
been long since exhausted, and the Discourses
Davlla; to all OF which illustrations, drawn from
the unpublished writings of Mr.. Adams, sup
piled by the editor from other sources, will be
| added.
Such selections will be made from the Diary, and
from the private papers, may be considered most
| likely To promote a 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-
fsently 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 go 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
peted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character dc
signed tobe given to them and in the following
| /. Works upon Government.
2. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations of the Revolution.
3. Messages and Public Papers.
! 4. Diary
5. Private Letters on Public Subjects l774 TO 1901
6. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
T. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
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, III the octave form, each volume containing
from 500 to 600 pages, and put up in CLOTH at the
price of 50 % a volume.
limited number of copies will be struck off on
large paper and put up in the same style of bind
ing, price s. a volume
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solicit
| ed by the proprietors LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug 29-3tawtf 10 Washington ST., Boston.
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