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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS
Second PrssidLenf t.f Lhs United Sfales

The LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President " The United States.
EDITED By his GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TINE public will be glad TO learn that the publica-
Il ton OF the works of JOAN ADAMS, 80 long de-
layed Will now be commenced So soon as an ade-
quate subscription shall have been obtained II is
intended TO embrace in the proposed collection the
works Of MIR. Adams ON Government, already pub
lished but now out Of print, and selection from
most voluminous mass OF manuscripts which have
never the light
The collection 10 10 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
ary struggle first began, down to the year is4s,
when the younger Adams died.
The materials for the first of the two works are
mach more ample than has generally been sup
posed. John Adams, during nearly all his life,
scrupulously preserved his papers, and anon Q
the,a are found many of 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 early 1866,
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 l774, ITS, and l776 at Philadelphia in
which the writer was conspicuous actor. There
also notes of the debates during portion of that
them, will be highly valuable to posterity
II is well known that an intention was long en-
tertained by the younger MIR. Adams to write a
memoir of his father This, although not entirely
fragment remains in perfect state, and will be
prefxed to the present publication. The unexc-
cuted portion will be carried 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 o!
the materials to be gathered out of
carried on for half century, as well as out Of UNI
published treatscs Of various kinds rather to bring
them all within reasonable limits for purchasers,
than to shoi Of what will ntcrcst the students
OF the national history.
II is proposed to issue the work in ten vol
umes. These will include the Essay on the Canon
and Feudal Lava, 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.
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-
i3ently 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
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 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 a reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention 10 the high character de
signed to be given them, and in the following
j. Works upon Government.
2. Political papers, including Controversial Pub.
| locations of the Revolution
3. Messages and Public Papers.
! 4. Diary.
s. Private Letters Public Subjects, I774 to 1901
/ 6. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
I. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
4 the editor.
/ 5. Original unpublished Letters Of Franklin
Jay, Jefferson, the Lees, Laurens, Gerry
Dana, lizard, and other eminent patriots 81
the Revolution.
! The work will be beautifully printed in ten vol
uInes in the octave form, each volume containing
from 500 TO 600 pages, and put up in cloth, at the
/ price Of 81 % volume.
limited number of copies will be struck off on
large paper, and put up in the same style of bind
! ing, price 50 volume.
Subscriptions and orders are respectfully solicit
! cd by the proprietors. LITTLE & BROWN
! Aug. 29-3tawtf ll2 Washington st.. Boston