Scott, John, 1768-1813

Judge John Scott was Chief Justice of Baltimore's Criminal Court. He was born in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, the son of Dr. John Scott and Elizbeth Calder Scott. He married Elizabeth Goodwin Dorsey on May 15, 1788, and they had eleven children. In the 1810 U.S. Census, he's living in a household of 18 people, four of whom he enslaved. He's buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.

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[Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, July 28, 1812, Vol. 3]

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 3 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal. Littleton gives a detailed recount of the riot that occurred in Baltimore on July 27, 1812. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. The riot and events occurring afterwards were violent and resulted in the death of at least one man, Dr. Gale. Littleton includes an additional note with some of the names of the men involved.