The New International Encyclopædia/Lowell, John (pamphleteer)

LOWELL, (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 &lsquo;the Columella of the New England States.&rsquo;