Biography

John was the son of Is­aac Ad­ams and Ma­ry Stow­ell.

Works

• Sam Squab, the Bos­ton Boy (Bo­ston: Mas­sa­chu­setts: Jus­tin Jones, print­er, 1844)
• The Lang­uage of Flow­ers (New York: Lea­vitt & All­en, 1847)
• The Wed­ding-Ring (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. Buf­fum, 1850?)
• 5000 Mu­sic­al Terms (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1851)
• The Flor­al Wreath (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. Buf­fum, 1851)
• Friendship’s Jew­el (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. Buf­fum, 1851)
• I Am Go­ing There (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1852)
• Answers to Sev­en­teen Ob­ject­ions (New York: Fow­ler & Wells, 1853)
• The Crys­tal Gem (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. Buf­fum, 1853)
• A Ri­vu­let from the Ocean of Truth (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Be­la Marsh, 1854)
• Letter to the Chest­nut St. Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Be­la Marsh, 1854)
• Town and Coun­try (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. Buf­fum, 1855)
• The Psalms of Life (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1857)
• Half-Hour Sto­ries (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: G. W. Cot­trell, 1858)
• Each Hour of Life (Au­gus­ta, Georg­ia and New Or­leans, Lou­isi­ana: Black­mar & Bro­ther and Black­mar, 1861–65)
• Adams’ New Mu­sic­al Dic­tion­ary (New York: S. T. Gor­don & Son, 1865)
• Out in the Cold (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: A. W. Au­ner’s Card and Job Print­ing Rooms, 1871–90?)