Biographical Notes n 



Sep. 27 Appointed Commissioner of Yosemite and Mari- 

 posa Big Tree Grove by Governor Low of Califor- 

 nia under act of Congress granting same as State 

 Reservation. Made President of the Commission. 



c t ' r "Engaged in plans for laying out a cemetery at 

 Oakland — and have been consulted as to a park 

 there." (Report on Mountain View Cemetery 

 published 1865.) 



Manager's General Report of the Mariposa Estates 

 published in New York. 



1865: Appointed on Committee for California State 

 J a n ' y Agricultural Fair. 



Considers undertaking a newspaper in San Fran- 

 cisco "instead of going with Vaux on the Brooklyn 

 Park." 



Mar. 12 Writes to C. Vaux: "I am getting on with my 

 cemetery — I have made preliminary reconnois- 

 sance for large piece of ground held by College of 

 California which I propose to lay out upon the 

 Llewellyn plan — I have given plans for improve- 

 ment of a country seat." 



July Offers from Godkin and Norton for work on iVa/^'ow 

 and Committee of Loyal Publication Society if he 

 will return to New York. 



Jul. 19 Olmsted & Vaux reappointed Landscape Architects 

 to the Board of Commissioners of Central Park. 



Jul. 24 "I have undertaken to lay out a village and 

 grounds for the College of California which will 

 occupy what time I have to spare for a month or 

 two."— F. L. O. to J. O. 



