SCOTT, JOHN: ?-
Although no biographical material on John Scott has been located, he was an early Indiana printer and a writer of considerable local importance. His little book, The Indiana Gazetteer, earliest scholarly description of the state, its people, its products, and its resources, had become scarce in the original edition by 1876, as witness the description of Dan Hough's collection of Indiana authors in an article by D. S. A. which appeared in the CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE of Dec. 7, 1876:
"Earliest and most valuable work in the collection … Scott wrote and published the book, acting as his own compositor and binder. He was a careful, painstaking author … Previous to publication he had prepared a map of the state … Mr. Hough experienced much trouble in tracing out a copy of this little work, and, when at last one was found he had to pay dearly for the privilege of owning it. He regards it as the gem of the collection and very properly …"
page: 285[View Page 285]Information from D. S. A. in the CINCINNATI GAZETTE, Dec. 7, 1876, and Walker–The Beginnings of Printing in the State of Indiana.
- The Indiana Gazetteer; or Topographical Dictionary,
Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages,
Settlements, Roads, Lakes, Rivers, Creeks, Springs, Etc. in the State of
Indiana, Alphabetically Arranged by John Scott.
Centerville, Ind., 1826.
