The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-08
pRoposALs By LITTLE 3 BROWN
ron PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
rHE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS,
Second President Of he United States
EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
TIME public will be glad to learn that the pubca-
Il ton of the works of JOHN ADAMS, SO long de-
layed will now be commenced 80 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 voluinlnous mass of manuscripts which have
never seen the light.
The collection is to be made and edited by the
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the dcpositary Of all
the manuscripts well of John Adams us of his
father the late John Quincy Adams and is intended
as the hrst 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 is4S,
] when the younger Adams died.
| The materials for the first Of the two works are
~ uch more ample than has generally been sup
| rosed John Adams, during nearly all his life,
scrupuously preserved his papers, and among
| them are found many of n curious and singuary
| interesting character. Probably the most remark
able at least in the eyes of the world, will prove to
| be Diary, commenced by him as carly as l755,
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 carly movements Of the Rcvolu-
ton IN Massachusetts, and TO throw good deal OF
new light upon the proceedings of the great Con
crosses OF TIA, l175 and l776, at Philadelphia, IN
| which the writer was a conspicuous actor There
are also notcsof the debates during portion of that
them, will be highly valuable to postcrity.
! Iii well known that an intention was long
| tertaincd 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
preiixed to the present publication. The unexc-
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 of correspondence
carried for half a century, as well out Of
published teatscs of various kinds rather To bring
them MI within reasonable limits for purchasers
than 10 short of what will interest the students
! al the national history.
ID is proposed to Issue the work in ten octave vol
ulncs. 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 Discourscs on
| Dayila; 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, after all the valuable conribu-
| tons which have already been furnished from
other quarters. On the WHOLE the publishers con-
ti-ently 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 i'll 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 lS49, and COM
pleted within reasonable period, consistently
with proper attention to the high character dc
signed be given them and in the followin order:
l. Works upon Government
,. Political papers, including Controversial Pub
locations of the Revolution.
B. Messages and Public Papers
T. Diary.
8 Private Letters on Public Subjects TIA to lS0.
e. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
l. Life, by John Quincy Adams, continued by
the editor.
8 Original unpublished Letters of Frank lin,
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 GOO pages, and put up in cloth, at the
price of So % a volume.
limited number of copies will be struck off on
large paper, and put up in the style of bind
ing, price SO volume
Subscriptions and orders arc respectfully solicit
cd by the proprietors, LITTLE & BROWN,
Aug 29-3tawtf III Washington ST., Boston