Chapter V: Politics and the Park, 1861

Main Series | Volume 3: Creating Central Park | Introductory Material and Text | Chapter V: Politics and the Park, 1861

[Editorial Introduction]“Rights of Men Employed”Frederick Law Olmsted to the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, 22 January 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to John Bigelow, 9 February 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to Richard Grant White, 9 March 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to John Olmsted, 22 March 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to Charles Francis Adams, Jr., 25 March 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, 28 March 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, April 1861 Frederick Law Olmsted to John Olmsted, 17 April 1861

Access provided for: Guest User

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted Digital Edition
The University of Virginia Press
Copyright © 2022 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Content from the original print edition of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, © 1977–2015 Johns Hopkins University Press,
reproduced by permission of the publisher and the Olmsted Network.

Information about the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Project can be found on the website of
the Olmsted Network, formerly known as the National Association for Olmsted Parks, www.olmsted.org.

Anne “Dede” Neal Petri, president of the Olmsted Network, has collaborated with UVA Press on project development, and her dedication to the Olmsted Bicentennial, Olmsted 200, provided the impetus for launching this edition in April 2022.

These Papers are available open access, thanks to a generous subvention in 2023 from the Olmsted Network,
supported by The Caroline Loughlin Fund.

Purchase · Copyright Policy · Privacy Policy · Feedback and Support · Report a Bug or Error
ISBN 978-0-8139-4764-8
User “Guest” logged in from IP address 216.73.216.218
Rotunda editions were established by generous grants from the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the
President’s Office of the University of Virginia