Third: Speak kindly and politely to Mrs. Haight, but not in a friendly or familiar manner. Say to her you do not wish to meet any one in the house. Ask for a table to yourself, with only your family or go somewhere else.
Fourth: Never sing in the parlor or sing in your room when any person except your immediate family be present.
Fifth: Never leave mother day or night for five minutes at a time for any reason whatsoever. Do not walk, ride, or go anywhere without her, even with your own brother.
Sixth: Do not call on any person whatsoever, and allow no one who may call on you to see you unless they be your brothers or their wives. Do not speak to any person you may meet whom you have not known in the past.
Seventh: Write every night to me a full, truthful and exact account of everything you have done, where you have been, to whom you have spoken, and whom you have seen. This must be done every night.
Let nothing but sickness or death prevent your keeping these rules, for I will excuse no breach on any account.
Do not leave New York even for one hour without my permission, except to Brooklyn or Harlem.
If my wife cannot keep these rules in word and spirit, I desire never to see her again.
Benjamin R. Davenport.