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A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California.

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California.

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Summary

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length piece of promotional literature written and published by Dowsett to extol Merced County's virtues, focusing on the prospects for fruit farming in the region. He also describes his cross country rail journey.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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01/01/1891
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Contributors

Dowsett, C. F. 1835 or 6-1915. (Charles Finch),
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california
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Library of Congress
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