TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,James D. TI - A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 2: John Adams AV - J PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - United States -- Politics and government KW - United States -- History -- Sources KW - Presidents -- United States KW - Adams, John, 1735-1826 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compilation_of_the_Messages_and_Papers_of_the_Presidents; Release date is 2004-01-01; Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 2" compiled by James D. Richardson is a historical document collection published between 1897 and 1911. This monumental series gathers proclamations, special messages, and inauguration speeches from American presidents spanning 1787 to 1902. Volume 1, part 2 continues coverage of early presidential administrations, preserving the official words and declarations that shaped the young nation. The compilation became central to a political controversy over copyrighting public documents, ultimately influencing federal copyright law. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10894 ER -