The old merchants of New York City / by Walter Barrett.

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tween Thames and Cedar streets, being the first. In
1835, D. L. moved his residence up to Waverley place
near Mercer street. In 1843, his son David Henry
built a house next door to his father, at No. 13, where
he continues to reside to this 'ay, when in the city.
Ile has a country seat in one )f the adjoining counties, where he goes in the summer.
In 1838 R. & H. Haight formed a company, and
John Halsey, Jr., was taken into the firm. He had
been identified with the house as a clerk for many years
and he was familiar with the business, and was one of
the most esteemed men in the city. He was a son of
a prominent old New York Merchant, John Halsey, of
the 1792 school of Old Merchants. He died about
fiurteen years ago, aged eighty-six. About the same
time Nicholas K. Anthony was taken into the firm of
K. & H. Haight & Co. He was a son of Jacob Anthony
famous as the principal teller of the U. S. Branch Bank
in this city many years ago. Jacob Anthony married a
Miss Kip. So did Daniel L. Haight, and in this way
the Haights and tile Anthonys were connected. In
1848 David Henry Haight went out of the firm, and
then it was changed to Haight, Halsey & Co., and so it
continues to this day, at No. 57 Broadway. Mr. Anthony went out of the house in 1852. He married a
Miss Sewell, of Philadelphia.
The old founder of the house, that has been continued
from 1795 until now, David L. Haight, died at his
residence in Waverley place, in 1851. He was a
splendid old gentleman in his day. He belonged to the
Dutch Church.
He started the store in Broadway, No. 195, as a
wholesale and retail store. In 1815, when he moved
from Broadway to No. 165 Pearl street, he gave up