The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-31
PROPOSALS BY LITTLE & BROWN
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
HE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS

FOR puDLIsHING SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of the United States.
EDITED by HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. |
TINE public will be glad to learn that the publica
l. ton of the works OF JOAN ADAMS, 80 long de |
layed, will now be commenced SO soon as an ade- |
quate subscription shall have been obtained, is
intended to embrace in the proposed collection the
works of MIR. Adams on Government already pub
lishcd, but now out of print and selection from
most voluminous mass of manuscripts which have
never seen the light.
The collection is TO be made and edited by the
Hon Charles Francis Adams, the dcpositary OF all
the manuscripts well Of John Adams as OF his
father the late iohn Quincy Adams and Is intended
the first of 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 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 a curious and singularly
interesting character. Probably the most remark
able, al least in the eyes OF the world, Will prove to
be Diary, commenced by him as early as l755,
and carried for thirty years, including the largest
portion of his public career. This Diary VIII be
found contain great amount OF valuable matter
connected with the early movements oi the Revoiu-
ton in Massachusetts, and to throw good deal OF
new light upon the proceedings of the great Con
crosses of l774 IT'S, and ITO, at Philadelphia, in
| which the writer was conspicuous actor. There
are 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.
1t is well known that an intention was long en-
| tertained by the Younger Mr. Adams to write
memoir of his father. This, although not entirely
executed, commenced. most interesting
| fragment remains in perfect state, and will be
| prefixed To the present publication. The unexe-
cuted portion will be carried by the editor, aided
| by the discovery of an photographed fragment
| of John Adams himself, which VIII 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 on for half century, well as out of un-
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 on 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 al 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 after all the valuable contrlbu-
4 tons which have already been furnished irom
| other quarters On the whole, the publishers con
| fdently believe that there is no work relating to
the revolutionary history of the United States and
indeed of the times in which MIR. Adams lived, that
surpasses in historical and political value the vol
| umes now Offered to the patronage OF the Amer1-
can people. And they strongly hope that they
shall find Tia Inselves well sustained in this great
enterprise ~ to be encouraged 10 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 10 time,
commencing during tire autumn oil iois, and com
pleted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention TO the high character de
signed tobe given them and in the following
l. Works upon Government
| >. Political papers including Controversial Pub
locations Of the Revolution.
g. Messages and Public Papers.
| .. Diary.
s. Private Letters on Public Subjects, l77l to 1901.
o. Private Letters from 1856 IN 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 be- beautifully printed, in ten vol
umes, in the sttyo form, each volume containing
from 500 10 900 pages, and put up in CLOTH at the
price Of - % a volume
A limited number of copies will be struck of ON
large paper, and put up in the same style OF bind
ing, price 80 volume.
Subscriptions and orders are respectfully solicit
cd by the proprietors. LITTLE & BROWN,
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