Despite "almost" finding reconciliation with business life at a store, French was enthralled by the sensational [[California]] Gold Rush; sailing:<ref name=nytimesobit/>
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Despite "almost" finding reconciliation with business life at a store, French was enthralled by the sensational [[California Gold Rush]]; sailing:<ref name=nytimesobit/>
{{cquote|...from Sag Harbor Feb. 8, 1849, in the ship Salina, with ninety adventurous comrades, French reached [[San Francisco]] exactly six months later to acquire and lose half a dozen fortunes in less than five years.
{{cquote|...from Sag Harbor Feb. 8, 1849, in the ship Salina, with ninety adventurous comrades, French reached [[San Francisco]] exactly six months later to acquire and lose half a dozen fortunes in less than five years.