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Lowell, John (Political writer was born Oct)

political writer, was born Oct. 6, 1769, in Newburyport. He was for many years president of the State Agricultural society, inherited his father's love for horticulture, and has been called the Columella of the New England States. Among his political pamphlets, of which he published about twenty-five, are Peace without Dishonor-War without Hope, an Inquiry into the Subject of the Chesapeake; Candid Comparison of the Washington and Jefferson Administrations; Diplomatick Policy of Mr. Madison Unveiled. He died March 12, 1840, in Boston, Mass.