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by him with an introductory statement (printed), 

 to the Loyal Legion of Boston. 



Issued leaflet in regard to the Yosemite : Govern- 

 mental Preservation of Natural Scenery. 



June Report: Project of Operations for the Improve- 

 ment of the Forest of Biltmore, sent Mr. Vanderbilt. 



July Consulted by Superintendent of West Point as to 

 course to be pursued in future development of 

 West Point. 



A u g ' t In Chicago reporting on a site for the World's 

 Fair. 



D e c ' r Advice to Marblehead on proposed shore road. 



1891: Deposited check for services on National Zoological 

 Jan. 1 6 



Jan. 20 Writes to Frederick Kingsbury: "Our Southern 

 circuit includes, or has recently included, Rich- 

 mond, Montgomery, Knoxville, Nashville and 

 Louisville [parks]. In the far West we have works 

 in progress, two in Colorado and one in California. 

 Altogether I have to do a great deal of long jour- 

 neying . . . but personal activity on the ground 

 ' . . . is the part of the work I can least turn over 

 to my partners." As to the Biltmore estate, he 

 says: "I have been giving it practical form and 

 have each division of the scheme in operation." 

 The other Vanderbilt commissions are mentioned, 

 then: "Our business is constantly increasing and 

 in such a way that it is impossible to get the addi- 

 tional assistants for it, being of a class of which 



