The Papers of Frederick Law Olmstead - Parks, Politics and Patronage 1874-1882 V 7

ILLUSTRATIONS xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiii INTRODUCTION 1 EDITORIAL POLICY 24 SHORT TITLES USED IN CITATIONS 28 CHAPTER I JANUARY 1874-AUGUST 1874 33 "COUNTRY LIVING," NATION, JANUARY 22, 1874 34 TO JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL, JANUARY 22, 1874 36 TO SALEM H. WALES, MARCH 4, 1874 43 TO WILLIAM HAMMOND HALL, MARCH 23, 1874 50 TO WILLIAM HAMMOND HALL, MARCH 28, 1874 53 TO SEYMOUR AINSWORTH, HIRAM TOMPKINS, AND JOHN L. PERRY, APRIL 21, 1874 55 TO MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM MEIGS, MAY 14, 1874 59 TO JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL AND JAMES HENRY PLATT, JR., JUNE 9, 1874 64 TO CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT, JULY 8, 1874 68 TO JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL, AUGUST 16, 1874 69 CHAPTER II AUGUST 1874-JANUARY 1875 74 TO HENRY G. STEBBINS, AUGUST 27, 1874 74 TO ALBERT GALLATIN BROWNE, NOVEMBER 12, 1874 82 TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF MOUNT-ROYAL PARK, NOVEMBER 21, 1874 84 TO WHITELAW REID, NOVEMBER 26, 1874 92 "THE NATIONAL CAPITOL," DECEMBER 5, 1874 93 TO THE BUFFALO PARK COMMISSION, DECEMBER 15, 1874 99 TO MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM MEIGS, JANUARY 15, 1875 103 TO HENRY G. STEBBINS, JANUARY 15, 1875 108 TO FREDERICK WILLIAM POPPEY, JANUARY 21, 1875 115 TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, C. JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1875 117 CHAPTER III FEBRUARY 1875-FEBRUARY 1876 123 TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, MARCH 1, 1875 124 TO THOMAS PYNCHON, C. MARCH 10, 1875 129 TO WILLIAM L. FISCHER, MARCH 14, 1875 133 TO WILLIAM ROBINSON, C. MARCH 20-30, 1875 135 TO FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, JR., MAY 13, 1875 138 TO HENRY G. STEBBINS, MAY 18, 1875 139 TO MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM MEIGS, JUNE 1, 1875 144 TO JOHN A. PARTRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 9, 1875 146 TO WILLIAM HAMMOND HALL, SEPTEMBER 13, 1875 149 TO WALTER L. SESSIONS, OCTOBER 9, 1875 151 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, OCTOBER 11, 1875 156 TO THOMAS HILL, NOVEMBER 3, 1875 158 TO GEORGE JONES, NOVEMBER 19, 1875 160 TO HENRY G. STEBBINS, DECEMBER 3, 1875 164 TO DENNIS BOWEN, JANUARY 1, 1876 168 TO HENRY G. STEBBINS, FEBRUARY 1, 1876 174 TO REV. J.H. MILLER, FEBRUARY 28, 1876 179 CHAPTER IV APRIL 1876-DECEMBER 1876 183 TO WILLIAM EDWARD DORSHEIMER, APRIL 2, 1876 184 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, APRIL 2, 1876 188 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, APRIL 4, 1876 191 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, APRIL 8, 1876 192 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, APRIL 22, 1876 199 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, JUNE 6, 1876 201 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, JUNE 7, 1876 204 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, JULY 26, 1876 206 TO WILLIAM RUNYON MARTIN, AUGUST 9, 1876 210 "MR. OLMSTED ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING," THE GARDEN, AUGUST 12, 1876 223 TO WILLIAM MCMILLAN, SEPTEMBER 10, 1876 229 TO DENNIS BOWEN, SEPTEMBER 10, 1876 231 TO WILLIAM MCMILLAN, SEPTEMBER 11, 1876 233 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1876 235 TO FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, JR., OCTOBER 1, 1876 237 "PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND THE CIVIL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER, UPON THE LAYING OUT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-FOURTH WARDS," NOVEMBER 15, 1876 242 "REPORT OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND THE CIVIL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER, ACCOMPANYING A PLAN FOR LAYING OUT THAT PART OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH WARD LYING WEST OF THE RIVERDALE ROAD," NOVEMBER 21, 1876 251 TO THOMAS M. LANAHAN, DECEMBER 23, 1876 266 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, DECEMBER 27, 1876 277 CHAPTER V JANUARY 1877-OCTOBER 1877 282 MEMORANDUM ON NEW YORK CAPITOL PATRONAGE, 1877 283 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, FEBRUARY 15, 1877 284 TO WHITELAW REID, MARCH 2, 1877 286 NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL TESTIMONY, MARCH 6, 1877 288 TO WILLIAM MCMILLAN, MARCH 16, 1877 304 TO WILLIAM RUNYON MARTIN, MARCH 20, 1877 306 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, MARCH 26, 1877 313 "TO THE PUBLIC," MARCH 26, 1877 315 TO THE MOUNT ROYAL PARK COMMISSION, APRIL, 28, 1877 317 TO WILLIAM RUNYON MARTIN, MAY 16, 1877 318 "THE CENTRAL PARK," MAY 19, 1877: AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS, JUNE 2, 1877 324 TO HORATIO ADMIRAL NELSON, JULY 24, 1877 328 TO MARY PERKINS OLMSTED, JULY 24, 1877 329 TO MARY PERKINS OLMSTED, JULY 25, 1877 330 TO MARY PERKINS OLMSTED, AUGUST 10, 1877 331 TO JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED, OCTOBER 7, 1877 333 CHAPTER VI OCTOBER 1877-JULY 1878 339 TO WILLIAM RUNYON MARTIN, OCTOBER 31, 1877 340 "LANDSCAPE GARDENING" [1877]: JOHNSON'S NEW UNIVERSAL CYCLOPAEDIA, 1878 350 TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, JANUARY 2, 1878 358 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, MAY 13, 1878 363 TO ROBERT GARRETT, JUNE 5, 1878 366 "NOTICE TO WATCHMEN FOR THE CAPITOL GROUNDS," JULY 7, 1878 369 CHAPTER VII JANUARY 1879-OCTOBER 1879 372 REVIEW OF NEW YORK CITY PARK DEPARTMENT POLICIES IN 1878, JANUARY 8, 1879 373 TO CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT, JANUARY 27, 1879 387 TO CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT, JANUARY 29, 1879 388 TO EDWARD CLARK, MAY 23, 1879 390 TO EDOUARD FRANCOIS ANDRE, JUNE 6, 1879 393 TO EDWARD CLARK, JUNE 21, 1879 396 TO HENRY Y. ATTRILL AND BENJAMIN E. SMITH, JULY 30, 1879 397 TO HENRY Y. ATTRILL, SEPTEMBER 23, 1879 417 TO JAMES TERRY GARDNER, OCTOBER 2, 1879 420 TO JAMES TERRY GARDNER, OCTOBER 3, 1879 422 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, OCTOBER 10, 1879 424 CHAPTER VIII DECEMBER 1879-MAY 1880 427 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, DECEMBER 9, 1879 428 TO TIFFANY & COMPANY, DECEMBER 9, 1879 431 TO HENRY WHITNEY BELLOWS, DECEMBER 22, 1879 433 TO HENRY WHITNEY BELLOWS, DECEMBER 24, 1879 434 "THE FUTURE OF NEW YORK," NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 28, 1879 436 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, JANUARY 22, 1880 445 TO JOSEPH PHINEAS DAVIS, JANUARY 24, 1880 447 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, JANUARY 24, 1880 450 TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, JANUARY 26, 1880 451 TO BARTHOLD S. SCHLESINGER, FEBRUARY 9, 1880 464 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, FEBRUARY 15, 1880 471 "NOTES BY MR. OLMSTED." IN SPECIAL REPORT OF NEW YORK STATE SURVEY ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE SCENERY OF NIAGARA FALLS FOR THE YEAR 1879 [C. MARCH 22, 1880] 474 "IMPROVEMENT OF THE BACK-BAY, BOSTON," THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS, APRIL 3, 1880 481 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, MAY 5, 1880 484 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, MAY 7, 1880 488 CHAPTER IX MAY 1880-DECEMBER 1880 491 TO JOHN CHARLES PHILLIPS, MAY 11, 1880 492 TO THE EARL OE DERBY, JUNE 11, 1880 497 TO THOMAS WISEDELL, JUNE 13, 1880 498 TO WILLIAM OLIVER BUCHANAN, JUNE 15, 1880 503 TO JOHN CHARLES PHILLIPS, AUGUST 23, 1880 504 TO EDWARD CLARK, C. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1880 507 TO SYLVESTER BAXTER, NOVEMBER 9, 1880 510 TO EDWARD CLARK, NOVEMBER 18, 1880 512 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, NOVEMBER 29, 1880 515 TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF PARKS, "SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUDDY RIVER," DECEMBER 1880 517 CHAPTER X FEBRUARY 1881-DECEMBER 1881 523 TO HORACE WILLIAM SHALER CLEVELAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1881 524 TO PAUL CORNELL, APRIL 12, 1881 525 TO C.H. DALTON, "MR. OLMSTED'S REPORT," MAY 17, 1881 528 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, MAY 30, 1881 533 TO BARTHOLD S. SCHLESINGER, JUNE 17, 1881 535 "INFLUENCE," C. JULY 1881 539 TO JOHN CHARLES PHILLIPS, SEPTEMBER 27, 1881 549 TO CORNELIUS REA AGNEW, C. JUNE-OCTOBER 1881 555 TO EDWARD CLARK, OCTOBER 1, 1881 557 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, OCTOBER 19, 1881 561 TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, NOVEMBER 2, 1881 563 TO CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., NOVEMBER 29, 1881 566 TO CHARLES HENRY DALTON, DECEMBER 29, 1881 567 TO JOHN STERLING, DECEMBER 30, 1881 572 CHAPTER XI JANUARY 1882-MARCH 1882 574 TO EDWARD HENRY ROLLINS, JANUARY 7, 1882 575 TO EDWARD HENRY ROLLINS, C. JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1882 577 "CENTRAL PARK CIRCULAR," C. FEBRUARY 1882 583 TO GEORGE KESSLER, MARCH 5, 1882 588 TO JOHN CHARLES PHILLIPS, MARCH 6, 1882 590 TO CHARLES LORING BRACE, MARCH 7, 1882 592 APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGY OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, 1874-1882 597 APPENDIX II THE SPOILS OF THE PARK WITH A FEW LEAVES FROM THE DEEP-LADEN NOTE-BOOKS OF "A WHOLLY UNPRACTICAL MAN." (1882) 605 APPENDIX III PATRONAGE JOURNAL (1873-1877) 653 APPENDIX IV LIST OF TEXTUAL ALTERATIONS 721 INDEX OF PLANT MATERIALS 735 GENERAL INDEX 739