 He supported about half the shares in the North West Company when it was reorganized in 1784, and the reorganization probably could not have taken place without his approval.Soon after, his health began to fail, and he arranged for his Canada and other business to be transferred to a new partnership between his long-time chief clerk, John Brickwood, and a returned East India employee, Thomas Pattle.With various reorganizations, the Brickwood firm remained important well into the next century.