John Scott

An Edinburgh druggist from St. Patricks Square, who in the early 1800s set up a fund calling upon the "Corporation of Philadelphia entrusted with the management of Dr. Franklin's legacy" to bestow upon "ingenious men or women who make useful inventions" a premium not to exceed twenty dollars and a suitably inscribed copper medal. He appointed James Ronaldson, friend of President Andrew Jackson, as his attorney and executor with the transfer of certain stock with a value of $3000 to the Corporation of Philadelphia, the same corporation entrusted with Benjamin Franklin's legacy.