The New International Encyclopædia/Scott, John Morin

SCOTT, John Morin (1730-84). An American patriot, soldier, and legislator, born in New York. He graduated at Yale in 1746, became prominent as a lawyer in New York, and was conspicuous as an early opponent of the British Ministry, being one of the organizers of the Sons of Liberty. In 1775 he became a member of the New York General Committee, served in the Provincial Congress in 1775-76. and, as brigadier-general, took part in the battle of Long Island. In 1777 he resigned his commission, and subsequently served as Secretary of State of New York in 1777-79, and as a member of the Continental Congress in 1780-83.