John Morin Scott
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John Morin Scott was a lawyer, military officer, and statesman before, during and after the American Revolution.
From a 1777 drawing by John Trumbull
Scott's headstone
William Smith was a lawyer, historian, speaker, loyalist, and eventually the loyalist Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1780 to 1782 and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec from 1786,
John Morin Scott
…association in 1752 and practiced law in Manhattan, where he also served as an alderman from 1756 to 1761. In 1752, along with William Livingston and William Smith, he founded a weekly journal, the Independent Reflector. From 1756 to 1761, he served as a New York alderman. In 1768, he was elected to membership in…
William Smith