1845. of the rights of Daniel, by showing that their cotton losses, being subsequent to the will, had alienated the affections of Henry, and were the commencement and source of hostility between them. So poorly did she estimate his character, and so little was she admitted to his confidence. She was not undeceived until the trial, when these facts were proved in answer to her attempted justification. i. 253.

May 1.

The time had arrived for improving the property on Union Square. He purchased an irregular lot at the corner of Broadway immediately adjoining his own lot, and by the plan he adopted for the improvement of the whole, it is clear that he had ceased to look upon it simply as a place for a homestead, but as a place in part temporarily for a dwelling, in part for income, and subsequently in the whole for business purposes. This lot was about 30 feet on Union Square, 43 feet on Broadway, and 55 feet in depth. Cost, $10,000. i. 603-Plans.

With the advice of Mr. Hurry, the architect, he adopted this plan of building: i. e., he erected the first story on the entire front of both properties, 123 feet, of the same uniform height, and of the same uniform style and material, and all even with the street. The first 50 feet on Union Square was the basement, intended for his dwelling, and on which the dwelling was built; the next 53 feet, partly on the Square and partly on Broadway, was a basement intended for a store, having no connection with his house, but with a door to the store on Broadway immediately at the corner. Over this portion of the basement was erected a temporary conservatory annexed to the house on the second story, and the residue of the basement, being about 20 feet on Broadway, was the basement to a three-story dwelling-house erected over it. This house and the store were intended for immediate income, and the plan of the whole improvement was such that, as soon as the rapid growth of the city or other causes should render his residence undesirable, the three divisions of the property could be easily altered and improved into one large establishment for increased income. Thus he regarded the Union Square property like any other, simply as an investment. The buildings were not completed until 1848, and, with the lots, cost the large sum of $112,000. We have here one reason why, after his purchase of the cornor lot, and this mode of improving the whole property, he abandoned the idea of substituting it for the Barclay street property for Mrs. Parish, and why he never calls again on Mr. Havens.

ante, 18.

i. 603.

ii. 605-Plans.

1845.

1846.

Daniel, suffering from his heavy losses, postponed the improvement of his lots.

With the aid of Mr. Folsom, in the intervals of his leisure in the agency of Marshall & Co., of New Orleans, Mr. Parish opened a new set of books, in which every transaction, including an expense account, was recorded in detail as it occurred. These books were kept with great minuteness, completeness, and accuracy, and under his constant and daily supervision. They were check book, bank book, cash book, journal, and ledger-the latter by double. entry. The accounts were entered once a month on the journal, and thence posted to the ledger. Balance-sheets were made twice a year, invariably, sometimes more frequently.

i. 328, 829 iii. 730.

Affliction again visits with a heavy hand the family of James, in the death of his third daughter-a legatee of $10,000.

i. 593.

The third and last child was born to his sister, Mrs. Sherman. 1b.

Jan. 1. Henry makes his brother James a present of $6,944 28. i. 334, 603.

March.

Purchases a valuable property in Wall street, occupied for of fices, costing $66,000, and adding $10,000 in improvements.

i. 604.

Used the stable of Daniel for his horses and carriage. Daniel purchased the supplies, and they divided the expense between them. ii. 739, 762, 763.

Was fond of riding out on horseback, and often rode with Sarah, the daughter, and Henry, the son of Daniel to New Jersey. ii. 762.

Spent his mornings at the office with Daniel, Mr. Kernochan, and Mr. Folsom; and would frequently come down after dinner, though there was nothing to do-to the surprise of Mr. Folsom, who got home to his family as soon as he could. i. 309.

Joined the Union Club and Racket Court, where he was in the habit generally of spending his evenings and staying very late, generally till one o'clock. This was injurious to his eyes, which began to be affected. i. 224, 255, 309, 346.

1846.

His wife used to complain of his absence from home, not seriously, but in the style of fashionable raillery. i. 256.

Continued to visit the private whist club once a week—and used to play whist at the other clubs, or look on at the game of others.

ii. 232, 234. iii. 583-588.

Although very fond of whist, he never played at home. Mrs. Parish played with her brother. iii. 56, 131.

Henry Delafield endeavored to account for this, that they were only "indifferent players; " but several gentlemen from the club and others testified that Mr. Parish himself was an indifferent player-only good among poor players. iii. 583, 586, 713.

He was fond of music, and attended the opera, either with or without his wife.

i. 256.

ii. 62.

1847.

Νον.

Emma Delafield, her sister, and a legatee of $10,000, died.

i. 593.

His cousin, the wife of his friend Mr. Kernochan, also a legatee under his will of $10,000, died. As she left children, this legacy did not lapse into the residuary estate. i. 593.

His niece Mary, the daughter of Daniel, was married to Mr. Kingsford.

Mr. Hurry was superseded as the architect of the Union Square property, and Mr. Young, an employee of the Delafield. family, was substituted. ii. 237.

Mrs. Parish had laid out an elaborate and expensive plan of finishing the interior. The whole of the second story was devoted to show and company-a music room, a Gothic room, an Elizabethan room, a Moorish room, and a spare bed-room, all communicating and to be thrown open for society together. The bed-rooms for the family were on the third floor, at a painful and laborious height. v. Plans.

As the house progressed, Mr. Parish appears to have taken less and less interest in it, and when Mr. Young would speak to him about details of taste and finish, he would exhibit his petulance, saying: "That's my wife's job; go to her. I don't want any

1847. bother," or, "That's my wife's house." These remarks, which were merely petulant, are construed by Mrs. Parish as evidence of testamentary intention in her favor—as if Mr. Parish, who had concealed the contents of his will from all the world, intended to reveal to his carpenter the devise of a coming codicil! ii. 238.

1848.

The left eye had been.

Again Mr. Parish received a terrible warning of hereditary disease; he was threatened with blindness. The nerves of the eye, proceeding from the brain, were affected. blind, or entirely useless, for some time, and the other now became partially blind. Operations were performed on the left without success; the other improved, so that he was able to read with proper glasses of great convexity. He was confined to the house at one period for four weeks, at another for six weeks; and in each case was kept for two or three weeks in a room shaded from the light. i. 263, 623, 664, 665, 667.

In January, Sarah, his niece, the daughter of Daniel, was married to Mr. Dillon.

The two brothers agreed, in this year, to divide their joint property; but so intimate was the connection between them, that this division was made only on the books-mortgages and other assets that stood in their joint name, remained so; and stocks and other assets, that were payable to bearer, were continued in the same custody and possession. The tin box of Henry, and that of H. & D. Parish, contained these securities indiscriminately; both deposited in the Phoenix Bank, and brought to the office from day to day. The key was kept by Mr. Folsom in the drawer of his own desk, and he, in the absence of the brothers, would open the boxes and collect interest and dividends, and transact any other business of the day. i. 229, 234, 246, 247, 327, 346.

In one of these boxes was the will of Henry Parish, properly sealed and endorsed; he was therefore reminded of its existence almost daily, whenever he opened it for purposes of business.

i. 310.

The division of the assets did not dissolve the firm of H. & D. Parish; on the contrary, it continued, and Mr. Kernochan “never knew the time" that the name of the firm was not in use in some business venture or other. i. 247.

1848.

1849.

He made a present of $450 to his namesake, Henry Parish Folsom.

iii. 775.

And another present of sovereigns, $245 50, to his niece
Mrs. Kingsford, the daughter of Daniel, on her embarking for
England.
Ib.

He aided Jacob, the son of his brother James, by a loan or gift of $4,000 to go into business. i. 333.

In May or June he left his old and comfortable residence in Barclay street-where he had lived for eighteen years, side by side with his brother and his nieces and nephews, several of whom had then grown up to maturity under his eye-and removed to his grand mansion in Union Square, where it was doubtful when his brother would be able to follow him. His bedroom was now to be at a great height, on the third story, unsuitable for his declining years, and the whole establishment was not only at variance with his confirmed habits, but could give him no enjoyment, owing, with other causes, to his sight being seriously impaired. i. 669.

His house in Barclay street, which he had not succeeded in selling, was occupied until May, 1849, by H. & W. Delafield as their bachelor winter-quarters. iii. 55.

In the first week in January, Mrs. Parish threw open her house to the beau-monde of New York-to the admiration of some, no doubt, but surely to the envy of her rivals in the same line. Her pride and love of ostentation received a new development, but unfortunately her love of wealth was more and more stimulated as she saw that, without wealth, her pretensions would be esteemed of small account by the commercial aristocracy around her. i. 669.

The daily life of Mr. Parish at Union Square was much the same as in Barclay street, only his absences from home were more and more constant-all day down town at his office; after dinner to the Club, where he remained until one or two o'clock. He would there be engaged in playing cards, or looking with great interest at the game of others. His eyesight was so much impaired that his man-servant would frequently take him to the Club; and a friend would accompany him to his home, which he entered by a latch-key. The house was shut up and the lights put out regularly at ten o'clock. A lamp and matches were left upon the hall table