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After graduating from Boston High School, he moved to New York City to "engage in the dry goods business." [3] In 1860, he became a partner in the form of Hurlbert, Von Volkenburgh & Co., and a year later organized the firm of Francis M. Bacon & Co. [4] [5] The following year, because of ill health, he went to California.