The New International Encyclopædia/Lowell, John (pamphleteer)

LOWELL, John (1769-1840). An American political pamphleteer, born at Newburyport, Mass. He graduated at Harvard in 1786; was admitted to the bar in 1789; took up his residence in Boston, became eminent as a lawyer, and was an active, honored, and public-spirited citizen, but refused to take office. He was the author of about twenty-five pamphlets upon the current topics of his time, including: Peace Without Dishonor—War Without Hope (1807); Candid Comparison of the Washington and Jefferson Administrations (1810); and Mr. Madison's War (1812). He was for many years president of the State Agricultural Society, and for his interest and success in horticulture was known as ‘the Columella of the New England States.’