PJ's Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. Many of the most notable figures of the revolution, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, admitted a deep admiration for him
  2. 5. He gained his freedom in 1779 through a prisoner exchange and was soon after elected Governor of Georgia
  3. 8. He was apparently self-educated
  4. 10. Governor of Pennsylvania, political enemies tried to impeach him but couldn't find any wrong-doings
  5. 12. He attended Harvard College and graduated at the age of 15
  6. 15. he was totally blind two years before his death
  7. 16. He was the United States first Postmaster General
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  1. 1. served as a brigadier-general in the New York militia
  2. 2. Chief Justice of the State of Delaware
  3. 4. Inherited what was said to be the greatest body of wealth in New England
  4. 6. He was licensed to practice law in the state of Virginia at age twenty-two
  5. 7. Major-General of the Delaware Militia
  6. 9. He bought land in Georgia in 1760 and established a plantation there, while continuing to practice medicine
  7. 11. His father saw an aptitude for mathematics and felt that he was too frail for the farm life
  8. 13. very successful businessman, and served his community as an alderman
  9. 14. He established a shipping business in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1760 and, by the time of the revolution, had amassed a fortune