20 Frederick Law Olmsted 



Jul. 31 Visit, consultation and advice to Park Commission, 

 Providence, R. I. 



Oct'r- In correspondence with Boston Park Commis- 

 N o v r s i oners about the Boston Park system. 



Nov. 5 "The Landscape Architect is hereby requested to 

 prepare a plan for laying out the Annexed district 

 of the 23d and 24th Wards, " City of New York. 



1876: Prepared for Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 

 a map of Buffalo showing "late additions to the 

 plan." 



Mar. 3 Report of Advisory Board on plans of the new 

 Capitol at Albany (Olmsted, Eidlitz, and Richard- 

 son). Later printed. The friendship of the three 

 collaborators in this Albany work became life-long. 



March - Reports for Johns Hopkins University on ' ' Clifton 

 J u n e Estate" site. 



Apr. 8 Letter to Boston Park Commission on proposed 

 park sites : Charles River embankment, Back Bay, 

 Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury. 



May 31 Accepted unpaid office under the New York State 

 Survey, from which he resigned in August because 

 he was advised that it was doubtful if he could 

 legally hold office under both New York City and 

 State. Political enemies caused his salary as Land- 

 scape Architect to the N. Y. Dept. of Public Parks 

 to be withheld, for which he entered suit. Suit 

 won 1877 on ground that the Landscape Architect 

 of the City of New York was not an officer. 



