Complex sentence: Crafts made an extensive botanical reconnaissance of the Mississippi Valley in 1802; he was a member of the State council from 1809 to 1813 and was chief judge of the Orleans County Court from 1810 to 1816.
Split into simpler sentences: Crafts made an extensive botanical reconnaissance of the Mississippi Valley in 1802. He was a member of the State council from 1809 to 1813 and was chief judge of the Orleans County Court from 1810 to 1816.