curing for her friends, obtaining subscriptions for her works, and afterwards, when age and infirmities had visited her, obtaining an annuity for her support, superintending all her concerns, and contributing in every way to her comfort. His attention and kindness were the frequent topics of that lady's acknowledgments, accompanied by intense expressions of gratitude." In such manifestations of his prevalent disposition, he made no display. He did not encumber them with intimated conditions, which destroyed respect for the sincerity of his deeds. The good he did, was like the vital air, which is silent, though effectual to sustain and rejoice, but it exacts no ostentatious and slavish returns. Having attended to these considerations, we are called to notice the end of him, to whom they personally refer. Worn down by protracted complaints, he died suddenly, in Boston, April 25, 1826, in the forty-eighth year of his age. The eloquent historian of the Athenæum remarks, that he was thus taken from his earthly career, "after a life of labor and usefulness, devoted to the advancement of letters; entitling him to the character of a faithful friend, a most worthy citizen, and a zealous and disinterested public benefactor." Thus far, we have followed the design of this work. The probation, which has allowed us so to do, hurries to a close. With all its haste and absorption, in the busy concerns of earth, it is not without its admonitions. As it is constantly called to notice its cessation in persons of every age, con dition, and character, it bids us consider many of the names on these pages, and says in reference to them, "Time was, like thee, they life possest, Our ears should hear and our hearts should feel such counsel. It should prompt us to redeem the life, divinely continued to us, so that its fleeting days may bear tidings to the record of heaven, that we are increasingly swayed by the motives of our holy religion, and are thus enabled to calm the rising fears of our latter end. "Death's but a path, that must be trod, If man would ever pass to God." INDEX TO THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. When several pages, referring to the same thing, are denoted by tens or hundreds, Actors of the stage, 182 Administration of John Adams, 153, 4 Autobiography of H. Adams, 190- Admiralty law, 137; court, 265 Advantages of a minister to improve, 164 203. Bacon's Works, 263 African society, 82; exploration, 82, Balance of political opinion, 110 319 Alien and sedition bills, 35, 7, 43, 89, Bank, new, 168; of Cape Fear, 247 Bankrupt bill, 105, 6 Allied Powers, 77, 9, 83, 90, 134, 5 Belligerent powers, right of search, ety, 293; speeches, 304 Biographical, 294-9 Annuity to the Prince of Orange, Book-making, often troublesome and 174; for H. Adams, 263 profitless, 190-201, 322-6 Boston Athenæum, 204, 34, 5, 40, 1, Boston Weekly Magazine, 201 British books introduced, 324, 5 in Boston, 204, 13; Providence, Caffrarian god, 60 273; Salem, 275; Philadelphia, Canal Company of Delaware, 237 315 Attachment to books, 7 Capture of American vessels, 111 Card playing, 21 Carpet, new, turned to political ac- Cunningham correspondence, 290 count, 36 Certificates for protection, 179 Charitable Fire Association, 152 Choice of a profession, 99; of a wife, Christian piety, 32; death, 121 Christianity, 59, 60 Citoyen, 91, 2 Civilities to the President, 34 165 Classical mementoes, 310, 1; educa- Classics, knowledge of, 16; deficiency Clerk of U. S. Court, 212 Close thoughts and open countenance, 27 Coalition in Europe, 77, 9, 83, 90, Cockade, 29, 140 Coins, from Libeda, 290, 1, 308 Commencement, 28 Commercial intercourse restricted, Congratulation of Congress, 116, 7 Daughter of Count Rumford, 46 Delaware Canal Company, 237 Departure from life, 334 Dictionary of Webster, 238, 9, 326 Discourses on Davila, 65, 78, 104, 5 Divine, exemplary, 57 Domestic life of Washington, 98 Dueling, 109, 43, 87, 8, 220, 80 12; Early instruction, 122, 3 Economy of Congress, 188 Congress congratulated by the peo-English decisions, 91, 125 ple of Washington; the first Con- Entrance on life, 1461 gress there, 116, 7; 85, 6, 8, 206, Envoys to France, 77-80, 3, 4, 102, 5 buried there, 246; attempt to put Eulogies on Washington, 88, 98, 101, Congressional documents, 263 Conscious rectitude, proof against 2,7. European affairs, 46, 59, 61, 74, 80, Exchange of publications, 263 Constitution of the U. States, 157, 8 Excitement, political, less than feared, Conspiracy, 236, 7, 45 Convention with France, 91 Coral plants, 308 2; supreme, 150, 237 Criticism, well received, 132 146, 7 Excursions, literary, 167 Executive of United States, 42, 142, 275,6 Courts, admiralty, 73; circuit, 130 Expedition of Miranda, 136; of Lewis Croix d' honeur, 310 Insolvent law, 71, 105, 6 Introductions, 148, 257, 60, 85, 92 5, 9, 21, 33, 56-8, 70, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, Invasion of England, 171, 7-9, 182, 6 French decrees, 249 Invitations, 178, 215, 300, 28, 9 French revolution, 23, 5, 65, 79, 90, Irishmen, united, 43 2, 133 Friendly converse, 118; admonition. Jacobin, meaning, 35 Friends, benevolent, 126; separation, Frigate Boston, victorious, 116 Fulton's torpedo, 247 Gambling, 21 Genius not equal in all, 62 286 Georgia, history of, 289, 90, 1 Jacobinism, 151 Jacobins, 71, 9, 114, 9, 40, 53, 89 Journal, papers, etc. of Washington, Joy's Buildings, 222, 34 Judicial, 150, 1, 2, 8, 237, 45, 9, 65, 88 Judiciary act, 142 July seventeenth celebrated, 64 Land tax, 35 Law, study and practice of, etc. 70, Grammar of Murray indebted to that Leaden coffins run to bullets, 84 Gleaner, 221 Good name, 18, 9, 146 Goodness of the heart, 170 of Webster, 322-5 Gratitude for prosperity, 219 Griesbach's works, 239 Guinea ships, 214 Gun-boats, 177, 9, 207 Habits, formation of, 20, 187 Harrow School, 255 Harvard College, professorship of History of Hugh Peters, 250; of the League of European Powers, 77, 9, Lectures of J. Q. Adams, 215; of Letters, one from Mrs. Washington, Life of Washington, 166, 7, 90, 245 ; Linnean Society, 304-7, 11, 28 |