The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-25

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PROPOSALS BY LITTLE d BROWN
FOR PUBLISHING SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
y Second President Of the United States.
EDITED by HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TNHE public will be glad to learn that the publica-
i ton of the works of JoHN ADAMS, 50 long de
layed, will now be commenced su soon as AN ade-
quate subscription shall have been obtained. 1t Is
intended to embrace in the proposed collection the
works of Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
shed, 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 depositary of all
the manuscripts well of John Adams as of his
father the late iohn 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 lI6l 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 found many of curious and snguarly
interesting character Probably the most remark
able, at least in the eyes of the world, will prove 10
be Diary, commenced by him early as 1855,
and carried for thirty years. including the largest
portion of his public career. This Diary will be
found to contain a great amount of valuable matter
connected with the early movements OF the Revou-
ton in Massachusetts,, and to throw good deal OF
new light upon the proceedings Of the great Con
crosses of l774 IT'S, and l776, at Philadelphia, In
which the writer a 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
Ii is well known that intention was long en-
tertained by the Younger MIR. Adams To write
memoir of his father. This, although not entirely
+executed, commenced. most interesting
| ha
lCpretixed TO the present publication. The unexe-
cuted portion will be carried 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 as out OF un-
published treatses of various kinds rather to bring
them all within reasonable limits for purchasers,
than 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 Discourses on
| Davila; 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, as may be considered most
| likely TO promote a better acquaintance with the
times in which MIR. Adams lived and acted than Is
yet assessed, 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 no 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
| urnes now offered to the patronage OF the Anerl-
can people. And they strongly hope that they
shall find themselves we'll sustained in this great
enterprise to be encouraged to go on and perfect
the other and latter part of it, the Life and Works
oft he leaa diatin ned Quincy
| Adams.
The works will be brought out from time to time,
commencing during the autumn of lS49, and COM
! pleted within reasonable period, consistently
| with proper attention " the high character de
signed 10 be given them and in the following order:
| l. Works upon Government.
| 3 Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations of the Revolution.
g. Messages and Public PAPERS.
| e. Diary.
s. Private Letters on Public Subjects, IVA to 1901.
o. Private Letters from 1856 10 1896.
| l. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
| g. 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, i'm the octave form, each volume containing
from 500 10 600 pages and put up in cloth, at the
price of - % 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 arc respectfully solicit
| ed by the proprietors. LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug. 29-3tawu 10 Washington ST., Boston.
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