Forebears
Henry James Sr. was the son of William James (1771–1832), who emigrated from Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland to the United States around 1789, and who amassed a fortune of about $1.2 million from business dealings in upstate New York State, primarily in Albany real estate and money lending. The building of the Erie Canal was another factor in the James family's prosperity.
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