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judicious conception of it. It is a magnificent pleasure ground and will always remain a monument to its designers, Vaux and Olmstead and to Vaux's faithfulness and persistence in defending and protecting it at critical periods in its management. I took the car again and rode down to 55" st. and called on Eastman Johnson remaining there until after 5 o clock talking about the Impressionist Exhibition, which he condemned with all the energy he is master of, and on the many other subjects we always find to talk about. Coming to my room I found a letter from Weir wanting my Academy pictures for an exhibition at New Haven during commencement. He did not say how long he wanted them and I wrote him to find out. After dinner I called on Mrs. Custer but got no response to my ring at the door bell, and came back to Marys where I spent the evening. Mr. Parsons came in to see Calvert and told us the filling in at the N.W. angle of the Park had been ordered discontinued. It began to rain about 6 o clock and still rained when I came to my room tired from my walk in the Park.

Saturday 8 [[strikethrough]] Ap [[/strikethrough]] May 1886. Raining violently and wind N.E. Mary and I were going up on the City of Kingston today but concluded to go by train. I telegraphed to Sara. The prize exhibition opens today. Four prizes have been awarded, of $2000 each to Ulrich, Millet, Edward Emerson Simmons and Clifford Grayson. The papers of course praise the exhibition with some slight dissent from the awards. Mary and I went by 4 o'clock train. It rained when we arrived but Tom met us.

Sunday 9" Bright, beautiful day. My father came down stairs and sat in the back porch all afternoon and seemed very glad to have Mary and me at home. I wrote to Lucy to send my copy of Lauras letter to her and copied Lauras last letter to Sara to send her (Lucy) The Cantines called. In the evening Sara and I sat and talked over the Hillsboro trouble.

Monday 10" A rainy day. I took down my store. Janette Hubbard came by the 4.25 train. Sara and I went up to meet her.

Tuesday 11" Cloudy. Tom and I made a trellis for the Lima beans and planted them. I have to raise some money. My father enclosed a note for $300 which I am going to ask Bray to discount for me hoping Pinchot will take my picture now in the Academy as he said he would if it were not sold.

Wednesday 12. Came down in the early train and as soon as I arrived here mailed my note to Bray asking him to discount it and send me a check for it here. If he should decline I will be in a fix until I find some other way out. Found a letter from Annie Lee, one from Robbie Livingston wanting to borrow a hundred dollars which I answered at once as kindly as possible telling him I could not possibly do it but would be glad to, also two notes from Pinchot inviting me to go to Milford today and changing the time to Saturday. Weir came in. He had seen Pinchot. He said they had agreed on Saturday on account of the Academy meeting and he and Johnson were going. I promised Weir I would go up home with him tomorrow. After he left I wrote Pinchot I would go to Milford and called his attention to the picture offering it to him less the commission in the Academy and asking him if I should send it to him at the close of the exhibition. I am afraid he will decline. Attended the annual meeting of the Academy which was a very satisfactory one. Arthur Quartley and C.Y. Turner were elected academicians and Carroll Beckwith, Hamilton Hamilton, Joseph Lyman associates. Dilman made some excellent suggestions touching the exhibitions and Whittredge and I spoke on the