Genius of Place (65 page)
Authors: Justin Martin
81
“This is a hard life”:
“The South,” no. 2,
New-York Daily Times
, February 19, 1853.
“This is a hard life”:
“The South,” no. 2,
New-York Daily Times
, February 19, 1853.
82
“I lubs 'ou mas'r”:
FLO,
Seaboard Slave States
, 434.
“I lubs 'ou mas'r”:
FLO,
Seaboard Slave States
, 434.
82
“Oh God! Who are we”:
“The South,” no. 10,
New-York Daily Times
, April 8, 1853.
“Oh God! Who are we”:
“The South,” no. 10,
New-York Daily Times
, April 8, 1853.
83
“They are forever complaining”:
“The South,” no. 7,
New-York Daily Times
, March 17, 1853.
“They are forever complaining”:
“The South,” no. 7,
New-York Daily Times
, March 17, 1853.
84
“What! Slaves eager to work”:
FLO,
Seaboard Slave States
, 355.
“What! Slaves eager to work”:
FLO,
Seaboard Slave States
, 355.
85
“If I was free”:
Ibid., 679.
“If I was free”:
Ibid., 679.
86
“I reckon a dollar”:
Ibid., 86.
“I reckon a dollar”:
Ibid., 86.
87
“He tenaciously and patiently”:
Edmund Wilson,
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1994), 221.
“He tenaciously and patiently”:
Edmund Wilson,
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1994), 221.
87
“What that? Hallo!”:
“The South,” no. 44,
New-York Daily Times
, November 21, 1853.
Chapter 7:“What that? Hallo!”:
“The South,” no. 44,
New-York Daily Times
, November 21, 1853.
Tief Im Herzen Von Texas
89
“The
Times
, however”:
Savannah Republican
, February 22, 1853.
“The
Times
, however”:
Savannah Republican
, February 22, 1853.
89
it had returned to 25,000:
Francis Brown,
Raymond of the “Times”
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1951), 106.
it had returned to 25,000:
Francis Brown,
Raymond of the “Times”
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1951), 106.
89
“The
Times
signaled itself”:
Rollo Ogden,
The Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin
(New York: Macmillan, 1907), 113.
“The
Times
signaled itself”:
Rollo Ogden,
The Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin
(New York: Macmillan, 1907), 113.
90
host of a Greenwich Village salon:
Description of Anne Charlotte Lynch's salon drawn largely from Luther Harris,
Around Washington Square: An Illustrated History of Greenwich Village
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), 96.
host of a Greenwich Village salon:
Description of Anne Charlotte Lynch's salon drawn largely from Luther Harris,
Around Washington Square: An Illustrated History of Greenwich Village
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), 96.
90
“knew all the distinguished people”:
FLO to JO, May 19, 1853.
“knew all the distinguished people”:
FLO to JO, May 19, 1853.
90
“Here was another”:
FLO, “Gold Under Gilt,”
Putnam's Monthly Magazine
, July 1853.
“Here was another”:
FLO, “Gold Under Gilt,”
Putnam's Monthly Magazine
, July 1853.
93
“Well, the moral”:
FLO to Brace, December 1, 1853.
“Well, the moral”:
FLO to Brace, December 1, 1853.
94
“After a little practice”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), 76.
“After a little practice”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), 76.
94
Drovers
was the appellation:
Witold Rybczynski,
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
(New York: Scribner, 1999), 126.
Drovers
was the appellation:
Witold Rybczynski,
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
(New York: Scribner, 1999), 126.
94
“We should have”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 71â72.
“We should have”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 71â72.
95
“She was made up”:
Ibid., 93.
“She was made up”:
Ibid., 93.
96
He was surprised:
Olmsted's first intimation of Germans in Texas was the copy of
San Antonio Zeitung
encountered in Bastrop, according to his own account in
A Journey Through Texas
, 133, and also Rudolph Biesele,
The History of the Germans in Texas
,
1831â1861
(Austin: Press of Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1930), 225.
He was surprised:
Olmsted's first intimation of Germans in Texas was the copy of
San Antonio Zeitung
encountered in Bastrop, according to his own account in
A Journey Through Texas
, 133, and also Rudolph Biesele,
The History of the Germans in Texas
,
1831â1861
(Austin: Press of Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1930), 225.
97
“I have never”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 143.
“I have never”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 143.
98
Germans started pouring:
Many details about Germans settling in Texas drawn from R. L. Biesele, “The Texas State Convention of Germans in 1854,”
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
(April 1930).
Germans started pouring:
Many details about Germans settling in Texas drawn from R. L. Biesele, “The Texas State Convention of Germans in 1854,”
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
(April 1930).
98
community of 3,000:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 180â181.
community of 3,000:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 180â181.
99
“We have no other”:
Ibid., 150.
“We have no other”:
Ibid., 150.
100
fifty-seven papers:
FLO, “Appeal for Funds for
The San Antonio Zeitung
,” October 1854, reprinted in
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
, vol. 2,
Slavery and the South
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981), 316.
fifty-seven papers:
FLO, “Appeal for Funds for
The San Antonio Zeitung
,” October 1854, reprinted in
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
, vol. 2,
Slavery and the South
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981), 316.
100
one of five such settlements:
Names of the five communities can be found at “Latin Settlements of Texas,”
The Handbook of Texas Online
,
http://www.tshaonline.org
.
one of five such settlements:
Names of the five communities can be found at “Latin Settlements of Texas,”
The Handbook of Texas Online
,
http://www.tshaonline.org
.
100
belted out “student songs”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 198.
belted out “student songs”:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
, 198.
101
“But how much of”:
Ibid., 199.
“But how much of”:
Ibid., 199.
101
John sent a letter:
JHO to MPO, March 12, 1854.
Chapter 8: A Red-Hot AbolitionistJohn sent a letter:
JHO to MPO, March 12, 1854.
103
Lately, Douai had become:
Many details of Douai's rift with fellow Germans drawn from Laura Wood Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted and the Western Texas Free-Soil Movement,”
American Historical Review
(October 1950).
Lately, Douai had become:
Many details of Douai's rift with fellow Germans drawn from Laura Wood Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted and the Western Texas Free-Soil Movement,”
American Historical Review
(October 1950).
104
“A Few Dollars Wanted”:
FLO, “A Few Dollars Wanted to Help the Cause of Future Freedom in Texas,” October 1854, reprinted in
Papers
, 2:319â320.
“A Few Dollars Wanted”:
FLO, “A Few Dollars Wanted to Help the Cause of Future Freedom in Texas,” October 1854, reprinted in
Papers
, 2:319â320.
104
raise more than $200:
Ibid., 320n.
raise more than $200:
Ibid., 320n.
104
Other Texas papers took aim:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), 437.
Other Texas papers took aim:
FLO,
A Journey Through Texas
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), 437.
104
In a grim irony:
Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted and the Western Texas Free-Soil Movement.”
In a grim irony:
Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted and the Western Texas Free-Soil Movement.”
105
launching the kindergarten movement:
Papers
, 2:60â61.
launching the kindergarten movement:
Papers
, 2:60â61.
106
“I can't well write a word”:
FLO to Edward Everett Hale, August 23, 1855, letter reprinted in ibid., 362.
“I can't well write a word”:
FLO to Edward Everett Hale, August 23, 1855, letter reprinted in ibid., 362.
106
Abbott traveled back East:
Many of the details about James Abbott raising money for weapons drawn from W. H. Isley, “The Sharps Rifle Episode in Kansas History,”
American Historical Association
(April 1907).
Abbott traveled back East:
Many of the details about James Abbott raising money for weapons drawn from W. H. Isley, “The Sharps Rifle Episode in Kansas History,”
American Historical Association
(April 1907).
107
raise more than $300:
FLO to Abbott, October 4, 1855, Kansas State Historical Society collection, accessed online.
raise more than $300:
FLO to Abbott, October 4, 1855, Kansas State Historical Society collection, accessed online.
107
He consulted a veteran:
FLO to F. G. Adams, December 24, 1883.
He consulted a veteran:
FLO to F. G. Adams, December 24, 1883.
107
Olmsted sent him a series of letters:
See FLO to Abbott, September 17, October 4, 7, 24, 1855, Kansas State Historical Society collection, accessed online.
Olmsted sent him a series of letters:
See FLO to Abbott, September 17, October 4, 7, 24, 1855, Kansas State Historical Society collection, accessed online.
107
h
for howitzer:
FLO to Abbott, October 4, 1855, Kansas State Historical Society collection, accessed online.
h
for howitzer:
FLO to Abbott, October 4, 1855, Kansas State Historical Society collection, accessed online.
107
“prompt and energetic friend”:
Kansas State Historical Society, “Selections from the Hyatt Manuscripts,”
Transactions
1â2 (1875â1880): 221.
“prompt and energetic friend”:
Kansas State Historical Society, “Selections from the Hyatt Manuscripts,”
Transactions
1â2 (1875â1880): 221.
107
Olmsted's howitzer was mounted:
Account of howitzer's tangled history from Isley, “Sharps Rifle Episode in Kansas History.”
Chapter 9: The Literary RepublicOlmsted's howitzer was mounted:
Account of howitzer's tangled history from Isley, “Sharps Rifle Episode in Kansas History.”
108
“writing as much”:
JHO to Bertha Olmsted, January 28, 1855.
“writing as much”:
JHO to Bertha Olmsted, January 28, 1855.
109
Joshua Dix:
Descriptions of Dix and Edwards drawn from a variety of sources, including Arnold Tew, “
Putnam's Magazine
: Its Men and Their Literary and Social Policies,” PhD diss., Case Western Reserve University, 1970.
Joshua Dix:
Descriptions of Dix and Edwards drawn from a variety of sources, including Arnold Tew, “
Putnam's Magazine
: Its Men and Their Literary and Social Policies,” PhD diss., Case Western Reserve University, 1970.
109
distant relative:
Support for Putnam's being related to Olmsted drawn from
A Memoir of George Palmer Putnam
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903), 339.
distant relative:
Support for Putnam's being related to Olmsted drawn from
A Memoir of George Palmer Putnam
(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903), 339.
110
apartment at 335 Broadway:
Papers
, 2:355.
apartment at 335 Broadway:
Papers
, 2:355.
111
650 magazines in the United States:
John Tebbel and Mary Ellen Zuckerman,
The Magazine in America, 1741â1990
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 8, 25.
650 magazines in the United States:
John Tebbel and Mary Ellen Zuckerman,
The Magazine in America, 1741â1990
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 8, 25.
111
Harper
's simply raided English magazines:
Frank Luther Mott,
American Journalism: A History, 1690â1960
, vol. 2 (New York: Macmillan, 1962), 384.
Harper
's simply raided English magazines:
Frank Luther Mott,
American Journalism: A History, 1690â1960
, vol. 2 (New York: Macmillan, 1962), 384.
112
“If we can get the writers”:
FLO to JO, May 28, 1855.
“If we can get the writers”:
FLO to JO, May 28, 1855.
112
Putnam's
physical offices:
Secret-office detail drawn from Laura Wood Roper, “âMr. Law' and
Putnam's Monthly Magazine
: A Note on a Phase in the Career of Frederick Law Olmsted,”
American Literature
(March 1954).
Putnam's
physical offices:
Secret-office detail drawn from Laura Wood Roper, “âMr. Law' and
Putnam's Monthly Magazine
: A Note on a Phase in the Career of Frederick Law Olmsted,”
American Literature
(March 1954).
113
“call from a queer fellow”:
FLO to JO, April 13, 1855.
“call from a queer fellow”:
FLO to JO, April 13, 1855.
113
Denison Olmsted:
Detail about acting as consultant to the dictionary from the preface of the revised 1848 edition of
Webster's
, vi.
Denison Olmsted:
Detail about acting as consultant to the dictionary from the preface of the revised 1848 edition of
Webster's
, vi.
113
mould
to
mold
:
Account of Olmsted copyediting changes drawn from
The Writings of Herman Melville: The Piazza Tales, and Other Prose Pieces, 1839â1860
(Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1987), 561nn.
mould
to
mold
:
Account of Olmsted copyediting changes drawn from
The Writings of Herman Melville: The Piazza Tales, and Other Prose Pieces, 1839â1860
(Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1987), 561nn.
113
“hideous Websterian manner”:
George Curtis to Joshua Dix, September 1855, quoted in Tew, “
Putnam's Magazine
,” 94.
“hideous Websterian manner”:
George Curtis to Joshua Dix, September 1855, quoted in Tew, “
Putnam's Magazine
,” 94.
113
“Oliver Basselin”:
The three poems by Longfellow appeared in the May, July, and August issues of
Putnam's.
“Oliver Basselin”:
The three poems by Longfellow appeared in the May, July, and August issues of
Putnam's.
113
“than the
Knickerbocker
”:
Hartford Courant
, May 22, 1855.
“than the
Knickerbocker
”:
Hartford Courant
, May 22, 1855.
113
“much the best Mag.”:
Curtis to Dix letter, September 7, 1855, quoted in Roper, “âMr. Law' and
Putnam's
.”
“much the best Mag.”:
Curtis to Dix letter, September 7, 1855, quoted in Roper, “âMr. Law' and
Putnam's
.”
114
“a sort of literary republic”:
FLO to JO, December 9, 1855.
“a sort of literary republic”:
FLO to JO, December 9, 1855.
115
“This ponderosity becomes”:
FLO to JO, November 9, 1855.
“This ponderosity becomes”:
FLO to JO, November 9, 1855.
115
“This remarkable book”:
New York Post
, April 8, 1856.
“This remarkable book”:
New York Post
, April 8, 1856.
115
“the most valuable”:
Boston Daily Advertiser
, February 18, 1857.
“the most valuable”:
Boston Daily Advertiser
, February 18, 1857.
116
exclusive serial of the Dickens novel:
Miriam Naomi Kotzin, “Putnam's Monthly and Its Place in American Literature,” PhD diss., New York University, 1969.
exclusive serial of the Dickens novel:
Miriam Naomi Kotzin, “Putnam's Monthly and Its Place in American Literature,” PhD diss., New York University, 1969.
117
“surprised if Bartholomew”:
FLO to Mary Olmsted, June 7, 1856.
“surprised if Bartholomew”:
FLO to Mary Olmsted, June 7, 1856.
117
“But then it troubles me”:
FLO to Bertha Olmsted, June 18, 1856, reprinted in
Papers
, 2:380.
“But then it troubles me”:
FLO to Bertha Olmsted, June 18, 1856, reprinted in
Papers
, 2:380.
117
Preston Brooks:
Account of Brooks-Sumner incident drawn largely from Allan Nevins,
Ordeal of the Union
:
A House Dividing, 1852â1857
(New York: Macmillan, 1940), 444â445.
Preston Brooks:
Account of Brooks-Sumner incident drawn largely from Allan Nevins,
Ordeal of the Union
:
A House Dividing, 1852â1857
(New York: Macmillan, 1940), 444â445.
118
“The position of an American”:
FLO, “How Ruffianism in Washington and Kansas Is Regarded in Europe,”
New-York Daily Times
, July 10, 1856.
“The position of an American”:
FLO, “How Ruffianism in Washington and Kansas Is Regarded in Europe,”
New-York Daily Times
, July 10, 1856.
118
party that Thackeray threw:
Laura Wood Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted in the âLiterary Republic,'”
Mississippi Valley Historical Review
(December 1952).
party that Thackeray threw:
Laura Wood Roper, “Frederick Law Olmsted in the âLiterary Republic,'”
Mississippi Valley Historical Review
(December 1952).
119
promote his own book:
Ibid.
promote his own book:
Ibid.
119
“fallen off alarmingly”:
JHO to FLO, July 10, 1856.
“fallen off alarmingly”:
JHO to FLO, July 10, 1856.
119
“Write me in a fever”:
FLO to Dix, August 29, 1856.
“Write me in a fever”:
FLO to Dix, August 29, 1856.
120
“my best book”:
FLO to Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer, June 17, 1893.
“my best book”:
FLO to Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer, June 17, 1893.
121 “
special proneness to violence”:
Thomas Gladstone,
The Englishman in Kansas; or, Squatter Life and Border Warfare
(New York: Miller, 1857), FLO's introduction, viii.
special proneness to violence”:
Thomas Gladstone,
The Englishman in Kansas; or, Squatter Life and Border Warfare
(New York: Miller, 1857), FLO's introduction, viii.
121
“I much fear”:
FLO to Edward Everett Hale, January 10, 1857, reprinted in
Papers
, 2:398.
“I much fear”:
FLO to Edward Everett Hale, January 10, 1857, reprinted in
Papers
, 2:398.
121
purchased by another publisher for $3,400:
Roper, “âMr. Law' and
Putnam's
.”
purchased by another publisher for $3,400:
Roper, “âMr. Law' and
Putnam's
.”
122
bankruptcy by William Emerson:
Papers
, 2:334.
bankruptcy by William Emerson:
Papers
, 2:334.
122
“We failed today!”:
Curtis to FLO, August 15, 1857, reprinted in Tew, “
Putnam's Magazine
,” 117.
Chapter 10: “Is New York Really Not Rich Enough ?”“We failed today!”:
Curtis to FLO, August 15, 1857, reprinted in Tew, “
Putnam's Magazine
,” 117.
124
James Alexander Hamilton:
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
, vol. 3,
Creating Central Park
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983), 93.
James Alexander Hamilton:
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
, vol. 3,
Creating Central Park
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983), 93.
125
“What else can I do”:
FLO to JHO, September 11, 1857.
“What else can I do”:
FLO to JHO, September 11, 1857.
125
“P.S. After a very”:
Ibid.
“P.S. After a very”:
Ibid.
126
memories of Niblo's Garden:
For account of Niblo's, Contoit's, and other early New York green spaces, see FLO Jr. and Theodora Kimball, eds.,
Forty Years of Landscape Architecture
, vol. 2 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922), 21.
memories of Niblo's Garden:
For account of Niblo's, Contoit's, and other early New York green spaces, see FLO Jr. and Theodora Kimball, eds.,
Forty Years of Landscape Architecture
, vol. 2 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922), 21.
127
Manhattan Island had seventeen parks:
Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar,
The Park and the People
(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992), 19.
Manhattan Island had seventeen parks:
Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar,
The Park and the People
(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992), 19.
127
“What are called parks in New-York”:
Horticulturist
, October 1850.
“What are called parks in New-York”:
Horticulturist
, October 1850.
127
“Is New York really not rich”:
Horticulturist
, June 1851.
“Is New York really not rich”:
Horticulturist
, June 1851.
127
“very small space”:
New York Post
, June 17, 1851.
“very small space”:
New York Post
, June 17, 1851.
127
“There are no lungs”:
New York Herald
, July 15, 1850.
“There are no lungs”:
New York Herald
, July 15, 1850.
127
In 1850, both candidates:
Catherine Fredman, Central Park tour guide, to JM, July 14, 2009.
In 1850, both candidates:
Catherine Fredman, Central Park tour guide, to JM, July 14, 2009.
128
Neither was willing to sell:
Rosenzweig and Blackmar,
The Park and the People
, 21.
Neither was willing to sell:
Rosenzweig and Blackmar,
The Park and the People
, 21.
128
“Give us a park”:
New York Commercial Advertiser
, July 29, 1853.
“Give us a park”:
New York Commercial Advertiser
, July 29, 1853.
128
British troops had once:
David Karabell, Central Park tour guide, to JM, July 1, 2009.
British troops had once:
David Karabell, Central Park tour guide, to JM, July 1, 2009.
128
properties developed along:
Fredman to JM, July 14, 2009.
properties developed along:
Fredman to JM, July 14, 2009.
129
A pair of bone-boiling plants:
Rosenzweig and Blackmar,
The Park and the People
, 70.
A pair of bone-boiling plants:
Rosenzweig and Blackmar,
The Park and the People
, 70.
129
Seneca Village had 264 residents:
Leslie Alexander,
African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City
(Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008), 157.
Seneca Village had 264 residents:
Leslie Alexander,
African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City
(Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008), 157.
129
$5,169,369.90:
Figure comes from Clarence Cook,
A Description of the New York Central Park
(New York: Benjamin Blom, 1972), 22.
$5,169,369.90:
Figure comes from Clarence Cook,
A Description of the New York Central Park
(New York: Benjamin Blom, 1972), 22.
129
Andrew Williams:
Rosenzweig and Blackmar,
The Park and the People
, 70.
Andrew Williams:
Rosenzweig and Blackmar,
The Park and the People
, 70.
130
Downing was a skillful swimmer:
Account of Downing's drowning drawn in part from interview, August 14, 2009, JM with Francis Kowsky, author of
Country, Park, and City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Downing was a skillful swimmer:
Account of Downing's drowning drawn in part from interview, August 14, 2009, JM with Francis Kowsky, author of
Country, Park, and City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
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