The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-09

Oct. l-3tawtlNo
PROPOSALS BY LITTLE & BROWN
FOR LISTING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of the United States.
EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TIME public will be glad to learn that the pubca-
L 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. IL is
intended to embrace in the proposed collection the
works of Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
lished, but now out of print, and selection from
most vouminous mass of manuscripts which have
never the light.
| The collection is to be made and edited by the
! Hon. Charles Francis Adams the depostary OF all
the manuscripts as well of John Adams as Of hts
father the late John Quincy Adams and is intended
as the first of TWO great publications, elucdating
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 found many of curious and singularly
interesting character. Probably the most remark
able, least in the eyes of the world will prove TO
be Diary commenced by him as early as 1855,
and carried 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 Revou-
ton in Massachusetts, and to throw good deal of
new light upon the proceedings OF the great Con
crosses of 774, l775, and l7I6 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.
Ii 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 an 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, as well as out OF un-
published reat5es 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 Discourses ON
Davila; to all of which illustrations, drawn from
the unpublished writings of MIR. 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, may be considered most
! likely TO promote a better acquaintance with the
| times in which Mr. Adams lived and acted than is
yet possessed, after all the valuable contribu-
| other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
fdently believe that there is 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 Ameri-
can people. And they strongly hope that they
shall find themselves 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 TO time,
| commencing during the autumn of 1919, and com
pleted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention 10 the high character de
signed To be given TO them, and in the following
order:
/. Works upon Government
2. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
LEGATIONS Of the Revolution.
3. Messages and Public Papers.
| {. Diary.
;. Private Letters on Public; Subjects, INA to
g. 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 30 600 pages, and put up in CLOTH at the
price Of - 25 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 : 3 a volume.
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solicit
ed by the proprietors.
LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug 29-3tawu li2 Washington ST., Boston.
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/ illustrated with Portraits Of our twelve Presi-
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