President John Adams was not known as a poet. There was a John Adams (1704-1740) whose poetry was published posthumously. President John Quincy Adams had a book of his poems published after his death.

Thomas Jefferson who was serving as the Minister to France and John Adams who was the Minister to Great Britain at the time.

The Netherlands, Prussia , Russia and Great Britain were all places where Adams was sent as minister.

Adams was a minister to Britain and to the Netherlands. He was also part of a three-man diplomatic team sent to France.

He was a lawyer, minister to the Netherlands in 1794, and minister to Portugal in 1796.