The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-05
PROPOSALS BY LITTLE ~ BROWN
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS

| THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of the United States.
| EDITED by HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TJNIIE public will be glad 10 learn that the pubica
| i ton of the works of JoHN ADAMS, so long de
layed, will now be commenced 50 soon as an ade-
quate subscription shall have been obtained 1t is
intended to embrace III the proposed collection the
| works of Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
lished, but out of print, and selection from
| most voluminous mass of manuscripts which have
| never 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 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 lS4S,
| 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, will prove to
be Diary, commenced by him as 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 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 1774, l775 and l776, at Philadelphia, in
which the writer conspicuous actor. There
also 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 a
memoir of his father. This, although not entirely
executed, 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
1 he ltv will he In no abup a
the materials be gathered out of correspondence
carried on for half century, as 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 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 better acquaintance with the
times in which Mr. Adams lived and acted than Is
yet possessed, after all the valuable conribu-
tons which have already been furnished from
other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
| hdently believe that there is work relating 10
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 so well sustained in this great
enterprise TO be encouraged 20 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 1919, and com
pleted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character de
signed TO be given 10 them, and in the following
order:
/. Works upon Government.
,. Political papers, including Controversial Pub.
LEGATIONS OF the Revolution.
3. Messages and Public Papers.
{. Diary
3. Private Letters on Public Subjects, INA 10
1901.
6. Private Letters from 1856 TO 1926.
I. 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 octave form, each volume containing
from 500 To 600 pages, and put up in CLOTH at the
price of So 25 a volume.
limited number Of copies will be struck off on
large paper, and put up in the same style of bind
ing, price $ 3 a volume.
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solicit
ed by the proprietors. ,
LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug. 29-3tawf 10 Washington ST., Boston.
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