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