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