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By Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick legislations Olmsted 1822 – 1903) was once an American panorama architect and journalist who was once commissioned by way of the hot York instances to trip in the course of the American South and supply an in-depth document on his studies. A trip via Texas used to be released in 1857 and continues to be a vintage of antebellum kingdom history.

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