8 Frederick Law Olmsted 



1860: The management of Central Park investigated by 

 the State Legislature. (Vindicated.) 



Furnished to Appleton's New American Cyclopedia 

 by request first article on Parks, in any American 

 encyclopedia. (Volume published 1861.) See 

 post p. 125. 



Mar. 29 At Hartford with Mr. Vaux to look at the grounds 

 of the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, for which 

 advice and plan subsequently given. 



1860: Olmsted and Vaux appointed " Landscape Archi- 

 April tects and designers to the Commissioners North 

 of 1 55th Street." 



Jun. 14 A son, John Theodore Olmsted, born. Died in 

 infancy. 



Aug. 6 Thrown from carriage and thigh broken. Park 

 work directed from bed and later from litter. 



I 8 6 i: Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom 

 in 2 volumes published in London, a compilation 

 of the three Southern journeys already published 

 in America in 1856, 1857, and 1860, and widely 

 circulated as accurate information on the state of 

 the South. 



J a n ' y Resignation presented to Park Commissioners (on 

 account of political interference) and withdrawn, 

 "all carefully kept mum so as not to embarrass the 

 proceedings at Albany." 



Apr. 17 "My resignation, and all that, is before a Com- 

 mittee this week. ' ' Withdrawn . 



