Signers of the Declaration of Independence

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Across
  1. 2. Delaware : at fifteen he graduated and proceeded to study law at the office of John Moland in Philadelphia.
  2. 3. New York : He was a member of the Suffolk County Militia in the early conflict with Britain, attaining the rank of Major General
  3. 4. Virginia : He was appointed clerk to the Committee which formed the rules of conduct and elections in the House of Burgesses in 1746.
  4. 7. Maryland : he was a local leader in the patriot movement in the late 1770s.
  5. 8. Delaware: he served three states.
  6. 11. Rhode Island : In 1785 he became a strong and vocal advocate for the abolition of slavery.
  7. 13. New York : He served in the Provincial legislature shortly before the troubles with Gr. Britain began and before it was dissolved by the royal governor.
Down
  1. 1. Connecticut L he was elected to the Continental Congress in 1776.
  2. 2. Delaware : he was tutored by his parents and may have attended a local Parson's school.
  3. 5. North Carolina : In 1789 he was appointed to the Federal Bench
  4. 6. Massachusetts : he secured a scholarship to Harvard and graduated at the age of 20.
  5. 7. North Carolina : He declined a judgeship in his native state around that time, due to failing health
  6. 9. New Jersey : In 1774 he was selected to represent Maryland at the Continental Congress.
  7. 10. New Jersey : in succeeding years he served as the clerk of the Provincial Assembly, High Sheriff of Essex County.
  8. 12. Pennsylvania : he undertook negotiations with the Northwestern Indians on behalf of his colony, and took a seat as vice-president of the first constitutional convention for Pennsylvania