sentences:  This, followed by the death of his father in 1802, caused him to suffer a breakdown.He retired from active law practice in 1803, and traveled with his family to Europe for the next three years, touring England, France, and Italy.After his return to the United States in 1806 he took up residence at his father's old estate in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and devoted himself to literature, writing on politics, agriculture, theology, and other topics, under various signatures, such as "Citizen of Massachusetts", "Massachusetts Lawyer", "Layman", and "Yankee Farmer".