22 Frederick Law Olmsted 



Dec. 26 Board grants him leave of absence for three months 

 without pay on account of ill health. 



1878: Removed by the Board as Superintendent of the 

 Jan. 5 Bureau of Design of the N. Y. Dept. of PubHc 

 Parks, on alleged grounds of economy, it being 

 stated in the resolution of removal that his services 

 might later be availed of as necessary. The con- 

 clusion of a long and harassing political persecution. 



Jan. 8 Sailed for Europe for four months, where he 

 travelled about accompanied by J. C. Olmsted. 

 Places noted as being visited: Birkenhead Park, 

 London Parks, Bruges Park, The Hague, Amster- 

 dam, Frankfort, Munich, Venice, Florence, Pisa, 

 Genoa, Milan, Como, Maggiore, Turin, Macon, 

 Dijon. 



May Commissioners of the Connecticut State Capitol 

 authorized to consult Mr. Olmsted about laying 

 out Capitol grounds at Hartford. (Reports in 

 July and August.) 



July Writes Edouard Andre in regard to his professional 

 work, mentioning as especially important the 

 Arboretum at Boston and the Capitol at WavSh- 

 ington. 



Summer Spent with E. L. Godkin in Cambridge in order to 

 work out plans for Arboretum with Professors 

 Gray and Sargent. 



D e c ' r Memorial for preservation of Niagara Falls in 

 course of receiving signatures. Charles Eliot Nor- 

 ton writes to Mr. Olmsted Dec. 23, "Carlyle 

 signs." 



