Complex sentence: William Jarvis was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as U.S. Consul General to Portugal, after founding a trading house in Lisbon, and in 1811 Jarvis imported from Spain to his farm at Weathersfield Bow the first Merino sheep brought to America.
Split into simpler sentences: William Jarvis was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as U.S. Consul General to Portugal, after founding a trading house in Lisbon. In 1811 Jarvis imported from Spain to his farm at Weathersfield Bow the first Merino sheep brought to America.