CHAPTER III

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REMOVAL TO MICHIGAN--MERCANTILE SUCCESS--BUSINESS INVESTMENTS.

Business start in Detroit--The cholera epidemic--Caring for the sick--Characteristics of the young business man--Nearest approach to an assignment--Pushing his business--Visits to the interior--Strong friendships--His young clerk and successor--Commercial integrity and sagacity--Accumulation of property--Helping the Government credit--Incorruptibility as a Legislator. 44

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