The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-01
PROPOSALS BY LITTLE & BROWN
PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
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NHE public will be glad TO learn that the publica
| IL ton Of the works of JOHN ADAMS, so long de-
4 layed, will now be commenced SO soon as an ade-
quate subscription shall have been obtained IL 10
/ Ttended 10 embrace i'll the proposed collection the
works of Mr.. Adams on Government, already pub
shed, but now out of print and a selection from a
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 John Quincy Adams, and Is intended
as the first Of tive 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
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. the largest
portion of his public This Diary will be
found to contain great amount OF valuable matter
connected with the carly movements Of the Revou-
| ton in Massachusetts, and to throw good deal OF
new light upon the proceedings OF the great Con
crosses of TIA ITS, 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 or 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. A most interesting
fragment remains in a 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 on for half century, as well as out of I'M
off, nd To hriu
| them all within reasonable limits for purchasers,
than to short of what will interest the students
of the national history.
II ia 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, 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 even after all the valuable contrbu
| tions which have already been furnished from
other quarters. On the whole, the publishers con-
| fscntly believe that there is work relating to
the revolutionary history of the United Sates 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 to 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 lo49, and COM
peted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character de
signed to be given them and in the following ORDER
/. Works upon Government.
! 2. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations OF the Revolution.
g. Messages and Public Papers
L. Diary.
o. Private Letters on Public Subjects l774 to 1901.
o. Private Letters from 1856 TO 1926.
T. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
the editor.
s. 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 81 25 volume.
A limited number of copies will be struck off on
large paper, and put up in the same style of bind
Subscriptions and&or.lers are respectfully solicit
ed by the propretors. LITTLE & BROWN,
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