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

FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President qf the United States.
EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TINE public will be glad to learn that the publioa
i ton of the works of JOHN ADAMS, so long de
ayed, 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
lished, 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 as Wen Of John Adams 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 lo4S,
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,
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 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 was a 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.
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, was commenced. most interesting
! fragment remains in perfect state, and will be
| prehxed 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 for half century as well as out OF I'M
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.
Ii 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 Dscourses 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 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 contribu-
| tons which have already been furnished from
other quarters On the whole, the publishers con
| fdenty 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
unes now offered to the patronage of the Amer-
can people. And they strongly hope that they
shall find themselves well sustained in this great
enterprise To be encouraged TO 60 and perfect
the other and latter part of it, the Life and Works
of the 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 de
signed 10 be given to them, and in the following
order:
L. Works upon Government.
,. 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.
o. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926
Z. 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 o
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 tho
price of 81 25 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 volume
Subscriptions and orders respectfully solicit
ed by the proprietors.
LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug 29-3tawtf ll2 Washington st., Boston.
sTATEsMAN's MANUAL,
Comprising the Lives, Addresses, and Mes.
sages OF the Presidents OF the United
States,
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