He spent time employed in New Haven, training as a shopkeeper in the store of Elijah and Archibald Austin, before setting up his own company in his home town of New Milford later that same year.
Han bodde i New Haven och tränade på att bli affärsinnehavare i en affär som tillhörde Elijah och Archibald Austin, innan han satte upp sitt eget bolag i sin hemstad New Milford senare samma år.