i6 Frederick Law Olmsted 



July "My age is 50 years, residence New York City, 

 occupation Landscape Architect." — F. L. O. in 

 deposition. 



At work on Tarrytown Heights subdivision. 



S e p ' r Shared house in 45th St. with friends, and spent 

 there winter of 1871-1872. 



c t ' r Advice on subdivision at Irvington, N. Y. for 

 Cyrus W. Field. (Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Memo- 

 randum of suggestions printed.) 



Nov. 23 Olmsted and Vaux reappointed Landscape Archi- 

 tects of New York Department of PubHc Parks. 



1872: Report on new suburban district of Tarrytown 

 F e b ' y Heights, Oknsted, Vaux & Co. (printed). 



May Report on sites for Trinity College, Hartford. 



May 29 Appointed a Commissioner of the New York De- 

 partment of Public Parks, and elected President 

 and Treasurer of the Board. (Calvert Vaux 

 appointed Landscape Architect.) Resigned and 

 reappointed Landscape Architect, Oct. 24, C. Vaux 

 becoming Consulting Landscape Architect. 



Oct. 18 Partnership between Olmsted and Vaux dissolved 

 for reasons of mutual convenience. 



Late Moved to house at 209 West 46th Street, perma- 

 ^ ^ ^ ^ nent residence and office until 1883 (although most 

 of time subsequent to 1880 actually spent in Bos- 

 ton). 



