24 Frederick Law Olmsted 



Nov. 3 Visit to Boston, chargeable each one third to 

 Arboretum, Schlesinger (estate, Brookline), and 

 Boston Park Department. 



Nov. 19 Visit to Utica and Albany, chargeable to State 

 ~ 21 Survey. 



Nov. 22 Visit to Washington, chargeable to U. S. Capitol 

 grounds. 



1880: "My business lies now more in Boston than New 

 York." Main work still Boston Parks, Capitol at 

 Washington, and Niagara. 



Read at meeting of American Social Science Asso- 

 ciation, at Saratoga, paper: A Consideration of the 

 Justifying Value of a Public Park. (Published 

 1881.) 



Advice as to trees in Jerome Park, Sheepshead Bay 

 Race Course. 



Jul. 14 Asked by C. A. Dana of the New York Sun to write 

 a series of "a dozen or 20 or 30" articles on the 

 best private parks, grounds, or estates, in all parts 

 of the country. Declined. 



I 8 8 I : Numerous visits to North Easton on Memorial 

 work. 



Report for Mount Royal Park printed. 



Work for Boston Parks proceeding, including sug- 

 gestions for The Improvement of Muddy River. 

 (Printed.) 



J a n ' y Professional letterhead : 



F. L. Olmsted 209 West 46th St. 

 J. C. Olmsted New York 



