[4] Afterwards he studied law for one year with Gideon Granger, Esq.
of Suffield, (father of the Postmaster General) and two years, with John Trumbull, Esq., of Hartford (afterwards a Judge of the Superior Court).
He was admitted to the Bar, at Hartford, in 1789 and settled in the practice of the Law, in Suffield, in the fall of 1790.
He represented the town of Suffield in the Connecticut General Assembly, in May 1802, May 1804, October 1804, May 1805, and Oct. 1805.
In 1801, he was appointed one of the commissioners under the bankrupt law of the United States, and held that situation about two years.