[2] In June, Payne and Hall procured a ship, the Eagle, and supplies in Connecticut and started to sail for Charleston, South Carolina.
[2] Upon returning to Massachusetts, Hall began to study law with Shearjashub Bourne;[2] he was admitted to the bar in 1782, and relocated to Westminster, Vermont.
[2] Among the prospective attorneys who studied law under Hall was Dudley Chase, who served as chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and a United States senator.
[2] In 1792 he was one of Vermont's presidential electors, and cast his ballot for the ticket of George Washington and John Adams.
[2] While attending the 1808 session of the Vermont House, Hall suffered an attack of cattarh;[2] the infection proved fatal, and he died in Westminster on May 17, 1809.