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Articles of agreement between Mr. Olmsted and 

 the Park Department of Boston in regard to ' ' Back 

 Bay Park." 



1879: Writes to E. Andre, "I am doing but little pro- 



Jun. 6 fessionally, my most important active work being 



the Capitol Grounds at Washington." Work also 



on Boston Parks (Back Bay), Arboretum, and 



campaign for protection of Niagara Falls. 



Summer Lived paj-tly in Bropkline and partly with E. L. 

 Godkin in Cambridge. 



Jul. 30 Report on development of Rockaway Point as 

 amusement resort, following visits earlier in July 

 to Rockaway and Coney Island. 



A u g ' t Advice to J. Letchworth, Auburn, N. Y., as to his 

 country place. 



S e p ' r Vacation trip to New Brunswick and Quebec. 



Oct. 10 Writes to Charles Eliot Norton that he has met 

 four of the N. Y. State Niagara Commissioners 

 and the Premier and members of the Council of 

 Ontario, and his general scheme has been approved. 

 James T. Gardiner, Director of the State Survey, 

 had been instructed by joint resolution to see 

 what measures were expedient for the preservation 

 of Niagara and to prepare a project and associate 

 with him Mr. Olmsted. Report published 1880. 



N o v ' r Deposited check for plan of ' ' Belleview " suburb of 

 Newark, N. J. 



