John Ashton was an American merchant and music publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.
[1][2] He owned a "music & umbrella store" at no.197 Washington Street which sold "all the new and fashionable music"[3] ca.1819-1844.
[4][5] He manufactured and sold musical instruments; tuned pianos; and published and sold sheet music "of marches, waltzes, rondos, variations, quadrilles, gallopades, dances, &c. ... arranged for the band, orchestra, piano forte, guitar, flute, violin, organ &c."[3] Among the composers represented in Ashton's stock: Comer, Joseph Haydn, Knight, Paddon, Russell, Shaw, Webb, Charles Zeuner.
[3][6][7] The firm "John Ashton & Co." was dissolved on January 1, 1844 with notice that the business will "be continued at the old stand, 197 Washington Street, by E.H.
"[8] Ashton published numerous sheet music titles.