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For decades Frederick Law Olmsted (1822--1903) designed parks and park systems across the United States, leaving an enduring legacy of designed public space that is enjoyed, studied, and protected today. His plans and professional correspondence offer a rich source for understanding his remarkable contribution to the quality of urban life in this country and the development of the profession of landscape architecture. Olmsted's writings also provide a unique record of society and politics in post--Civil War America. Historians, landscape architects, conservationists, city planners, and citizens' groups continue to turn to Olmsted for inspiration in their planning and protection of public open space in our cities. This latest and seventh volume of the Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted presents the record of his last years of residence in New York City. It includes reports on the design of Riverside and Morningside parks and Tompkins Square in Manhattan, as well as his comprehensive plan for the street system and rapid transit routes of the Bronx. It records his continuing work on Central Park and presents his final retrospective statement, "The Spoils of the Park." In addition, volume seven contains an annotated version of the journal in which Olmsted recorded instances of political maneuvering and patronage politics in the years before his dismissal from the New York parks department in 1878. Later documents chronicle the early stages of his planning of the Boston park system -- the Back Bay Fens, Arnold Arboretum, and Riverway. Other major commissions, each with its own political complications, were the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, the completion of the new state capitol in Albany, the designing of a park on Mount Royal in Montreal, and construction of the park system of Buffalo, New York. The volume also presents Olmsted's commentary on issues of the times including federal Reconstruction policy and civil-service reform. The Olmsted Papers project is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Trust for the Humanities, the National Association for Olmsted Parks, as well as private foundations and individuals.

Illustrations	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Editorial Policy	p. 24
Short Titles Used in Citations	p. 28
January 1874-August 1874	p. 33
"Country Living," Nation, January 22, 1874	p. 34
To Justin Smith Morrill, January 22, 1874	p. 36
To Salem H. Wales, March 4, 1874	p. 43
To William Hammond Hall, March 23, 1874	p. 50
To William Hammond Hall, March 28, 1874	p. 53
To Seymour Ainsworth, Hiram Tompkins, and John L. Perry, April 21, 1874	p. 55
To Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, May 14, 1874	p. 59
To Justin Smith Morrill and James Henry Platt, Jr., June 9, 1874	p. 64
To Charles Sprague Sargent, July 8, 1874	p. 68
To Justin Smith Morrill, August 16, 1874	p. 69
August 1874-January 1875	p. 74
To Henry G. Stebbins, August 27, 1874	p. 74
To Albert Gallatin Browne, November 12, 1874	p. 82
To the Commissioners of Mount-Royal Park, November 21, 1874	p. 84
To Whitelaw Reid, November 26, 1874	p. 92
"The National Capitol," December 5, 1874	p. 93
To the Buffalo Park Commission, December 15, 1874	p. 99
To Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, January 15, 1875	p. 103
To Henry G. Stebbins, January 15, 1875	p. 108
To Frederick William Poppey, January 21, 1875	p. 115
To the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks, c. January-February 1875	p. 117
February 1875-February 1876	p. 123
To the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks, March 1, 1875	p. 124
To Thomas Pynchon, c. March 10, 1875	p. 129
To William L. Fischer, March 14, 1875	p. 133
To William Robinson, c. March 20-30, 1875	p. 135
To Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., May 13, 1875	p. 138
To Henry G. Stebbins, May 18, 1875	p. 139
To Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, June 1, 1875	p. 144
To John A. Partridge, September 9, 1875	p. 146
To William Hammond Hall, September 13, 1875	p. 149
To Walter L. Sessions, October 9, 1875	p. 151
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, October 11, 1875	p. 156
To Thomas Hill, November 3, 1875	p. 158
To George Jones, November 19, 1875	p. 160
To Henry G. Stebbins, December 3, 1875	p. 164
To Dennis Bowen, January 1, 1876	p. 168
To Henry G. Stebbins, February 1, 1876	p. 174
To Rev. J. H. Miller, February 28, 1876	p. 179
April 1876-December 1876	p. 183
To William Edward Dorsheimer, April 2, 1876	p. 184
To Charles Eliot Norton, April 2, 1876	p. 188
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, April 4, 1876	p. 191
To Charles Henry Dalton, April 8, 1876	p. 192
To Charles Eliot Norton, April 22, 1876	p. 199
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, June 6, 1876	p. 201
To Charles Eliot Norton, June 7, 1876	p. 204
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, July 26, 1876	p. 206
To William Runyon Martin, August 9, 1876	p. 210
"Mr. Olmsted on Landscape Gardening," The Garden, August 12, 1876	p. 223
To William McMillan, September 10, 1876	p. 229
To Dennis Bowen, September 10, 1876	p. 231
To William McMillan, September 11, 1876	p. 233
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, September 28, 1876	p. 235
To Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., October 1, 1876	p. 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	p. 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	p. 251
To Thomas M. Lanahan, December 23, 1876	p. 266
To Charles Eliot Norton, December 27, 1876	p. 277
January 1877-October 1877	p. 282
Memorandum on New York Capitol Patronage, 1877	p. 283
To Charles Eliot Norton, February 15, 1877	p. 284
To Whitelaw Reid, March 2, 1877	p. 286
New York State Capitol Testimony, March 6, 1877	p. 288
To William McMillan, March 16, 1877	p. 304
To William Runyon Martin, March 20, 1877	p. 306
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, March 26, 1877	p. 313
"To the Public," March 26, 1877	p. 315
To the Mount Royal Park Commission, April 28, 1877	p. 317
To William Runyon Martin, May 16, 1877	p. 318
"The Central Park," May 19, 1877: American Architect and Building News, June 2, 1877	p. 324
To Horatio Admiral Nelson, July 24, 1877	p. 328
To Mary Perkins Olmsted, July 24, 1877	p. 329
To Mary Perkins Olmsted, July 25, 1877	p. 330
To Mary Perkins Olmsted, August 10, 1877	p. 331
To John Charles Olmsted, October 7, 1877	p. 333
October 1877-July 1878	p. 339
To William Runyon Martin, October 31, 1877	p. 340
"Landscape Gardening" [1877]: Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia, 1878	p. 350
To the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks, January 2, 1878	p. 358
To Charles Henry Dalton, May 13, 1878	p. 363
To Robert Garrett, June 5, 1878	p. 366
"Notice to Watchmen for the Capitol Grounds," July 7, 1878	p. 369
January 1879-October 1879	p. 372
Review of New York City Park Department Policies in 1878, January 8, 1879	p. 373
To Charles Sprague Sargent, January 27, 1879	p. 387
To Charles Sprague Sargent, January 29, 1879	p. 388
To Edward Clark, May 23, 1879	p. 390
To Edouard Francois Andre, June 6, 1879	p. 393
To Edward Clark, June 21, 1879	p. 396
To Henry Y. Attrill and Benjamin E. Smith, July 30, 1879	p. 397
To Henry Y. Attrill, September 23, 1879	p. 417
To James Terry Gardner, October 2, 1879	p. 420
To James Terry Gardner, October 3, 1879	p. 422
To Charles Eliot Norton, October 10, 1879	p. 424
December 1879-May 1880	p. 427
To Charles Henry Dalton, December 9, 1879	p. 428
To Tiffany & Company, December 9, 1879	p. 431
To Henry Whitney Bellows, December 22, 1879	p. 433
To Henry Whitney Bellows, December 24, 1879	p. 434
"The Future of New York," New-York Daily Tribune, December 28, 1879	p. 436
To Charles Eliot Norton, January 22, 1880	p. 445
To Joseph Phineas Davis, January 24, 1880	p. 447
To Charles Henry Dalton, January 24, 1880	p. 450
To the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Parks of the City of Boston, January 26, 1880	p. 451
To Barthold S. Schlesinger, February 9, 1880	p. 464
To Charles Eliot Norton, February 15, 1880	p. 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]	p. 474
"Improvement of the Back-Bay, Boston," The American Architect and Building News, April 3, 1880	p. 481
To Charles Henry Dalton, May 5, 1880	p. 484
To Charles Eliot Norton, May 7, 1880	p. 488
May 1880-December 1880	p. 491
To John Charles Phillips, May 11, 1880	p. 492
To the Earl of Derby, June 11, 1880	p. 497
To Thomas Wisedell, June 13, 1880	p. 498
To William Oliver Buchanan, June 15, 1880	p. 503
To John Charles Phillips, August 23, 1880	p. 504
To Edward Clark, c. August-September 1880	p. 507
To Sylvester Baxter, November 9, 1880	p. 510
To Edward Clark, November 18, 1880	p. 512
To Charles Henry Dalton, November 29, 1880	p. 515
To the Commissioners of Parks, "Suggestions for the Improvement of Muddy River," December 1880	p. 517
February 1881-December 1881	p. 523
To Horace William Shaler Cleveland, February 9, 1881	p. 524
To Paul Cornell, April 12, 1881	p. 525
To C. H. Dalton, "Mr. Olmsted's Report," May 17, 1881	p. 528
To Charles Eliot Norton, May 30, 1881	p. 533
To Barthold S. Schlesinger, June 17, 1881	p. 535
"Influence," c. July 1881	p. 539
To John Charles Phillips, September 27, 1881	p. 549
To Cornelius Rea Agnew, c. June-October 1881	p. 555
To Edward Clark, October 1, 1881	p. 557
To Charles Eliot Norton, October 19, 1881	p. 561
To Charles Eliot Norton, November 2, 1881	p. 563
To Charles Francis Adams, Jr., November 29, 1881	p. 566
To Charles Henry Dalton, December 29, 1881	p. 567
To John Sterling, December 30, 1881	p. 572
January 1882-March 1882	p. 574
To Edward Henry Rollins, January 7, 1882	p. 575
To Edward Henry Rollins, c. January-February 1882	p. 577
"Central Park Circular," c. February 1882	p. 583
To George Kessler, March 5, 1882	p. 588
To John Charles Phillips, March 6, 1882	p. 590
To Charles Loring Brace, March 7, 1882	p. 592
Chronology of Frederick Law Olmsted, 1874-1882	p. 597
The Spoils of the Park with a Few Leaves from the Deep-Laden Note-Books of "A Wholly Unpractical Man." (1882)	p. 605
Patronage Journal (1873-1877)	p. 653
List of Textual Alterations	p. 721
Index of Plant Materials	p. 735
General Index	p. 739
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