But his interests and activities extended far beyond the bounds of his profession.

When the people of his parish were without proper medical advice he applied himself to the study and practice of medicine.

At about the same time he took up the study of botany, and because of his describing several hundred species of plants he is regarded as the pioneer botanist of New England.

His next interest seems to have grown out of his Revolutionary associations, for it centered in this project for settlement of the West, and he was appointed the agent of the Ohio Company.

It was in this capacity that he had come to New York and made the bargain with Congress which has just been described.