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The elder Hopkins died in 1828, and his son left school to work as a clerk. In 1837, he studied law with his brother Henry, but moved on through several business ventures. He was a partner in a firm called "Hopkins and Hughes", then a bookkeeper and later manager for "James Rowland and Company".
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==California==
When the [[California Gold Rush]] began, Hopkins created the "New England Mining and Trading Company", a group of 26 men each of whom invested $500 to purchase goods and ship them to California for sale. On January 22, 1849 Hopkins left New York City on the ship ''Pacific''. After rounding [[Cape Horn]], the ship arrived in San Francisco on August 5, 1849.
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