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219 APPEN D IX B Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer Chronology 23 February 1851 Birth of Mariana Griswold 1854 Family moves to new house on Fifth Avenue, New York City 1863–67 Schuyler Van Rensselaer at Harvard 1864 Griswolds summer in Newport, R.I., at uncle J. N. A. Griswold’s new house May 1868 Griswold family moves to Dresden 1868–71 Schuyler Van Rensselaer in Freiburg April 1873 Mariana Griswold marries Schuyler Van Rensselaer in Dresden May 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer return from Europe to live in New Brunswick, N.J. February 1875 Son George Griswold (Gris or GG) is born 1876–77 Van Rensselaers in Dresden, during which time they visit Egypt June 1879 First letter to publishers of Art Review; begins relationship with editor Sylvester Rosa Koehler 1880–84 Van Rensselaers live in New Brunswick June 1880 MGVR visits Boston, Hotel Brunswick August 1880 MGVR visits Block Island, R.I., Ocean View Hotel with Mrs. Harriet H. Ayer May–June 1881 MGVR visits Nestledown (Jamaica, Long Island, home of Dora and Mrs. Candace Wheeler) June 1881 MGVR in Philadelphia to visit Thomas Eakins and in Boston July 1881 MGVR in Narragansett Pier, R.I. August–September 1881 Van Rensselaers in Cresson Springs, Pa. Summer 1882 MGVR and Gris in Europe (Schuyler out west) December 1882 MGVR visits Mrs. Henry Adams in Washington, DC Appendix B 220 May 1883 MGVR visits Newport June 1883 MGVR visits Boston Summer 1883 MGVR visits Mrs. Candace Wheeler in Onteora, N.Y. September 1883 MGVR in Boston November 1883 MGVR in Washington, DC 7 March 1884 Death of husband, Schuyler 26 April 1884 Death of father June 1884–85 MGVR in Hosterwitz, near Dresden July 1885 MGVR in London August 1885 MGVR in Lichfield, Oxford, and Bournemouth, England September 1885 MGVR in Paris October 1885 MGVR sails for New York City with her son, mother, and sister Louisa (Lily) 1886–1908 MGVR living at 9 West Ninth Street, New York City 27 April 1886 Henry Hudson Richardson dies May 1886 Brother George Griswold III marries Emily Oliver Post June 1886 MGVR in Brookline, Mass. Summer 1886 MGVR in Southampton, Long Island January 1887 MGVR in Brookline June 1887 MGVR in Brookline Summer 1887 MGVR in Marion, Mass. 29 February 1888 First issue of Garden and Forest June 1888 MGVR publishes Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works Summer 1888 MGVR in Marion January 1889 MGVR visits Boston May 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris opens June 1889 MGVR sails for France Summer 1889 MGVR in Europe; begins thorny relationship with Joseph Pennell July 1889 Boat trip on the Rhone River August 1889 MGVR in Limoges, Clermont-Ferrand, and Bourges, France September 1889 MGVR in Paris and Tours, France October 1889 MGVR in Antwerp, returns to New York City Summer 1890 MGVR in Marion Summer 1891 MGVR in Marion with sister Lily 221 Chronology October 1891 MGVR returns to New York City, and Lily sails for Europe Summer 1892 MGVR in Marion October 1892 Gris enters Harvard January 1893 Death of Harry Codman Spring 1893 MGVR takes Gris to Virginia Beach, Va. 1 May 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition opens May 1893 Art Out-of-Doors published Summer 1893 MGVR and Gris at Hotel Ruisseaumont, Lake Placid, N.Y.; trip to Chicago September 1893 MGVR visits Montreal; visits World’s Columbian Exposition with Gris; visits sister Edith Higginson and her husband, George October 1893–April 1894 MGVR lives in Colorado Springs with Gris February 1894 Sister Edith has a child; MGVR visits Denver 22 April 1894 Death of Gris May 1894 MGVR returns to 9 West Ninth Street, New York City February 1896 MGVR in Albany, N.Y., appearing before the City Committee in the Senate Chamber 7 October 1896 George Griswold IV born to brother George November 1896 MGVR chairs meeting of Public Education Association (PEA) 1897 Sister Louisa (Lily) remarries de Raasloff (Danish ambassador to the United States) January 1897 MGVR elected president of Women’s Auxiliary of the University Settlement Society April 1897 Death of sister Edith in childbirth; MGVR in Winnetka, Ill., with her brother-in-law 6 October 1897 William A. Stiles dies 29 December 1897 Last issue of Garden and Forest May 1898 MGVR addresses PEA conference as its president Summer 1898 MGVR in Newport Summer 1899 MGVR in Newport Summer 1900 MGVR in Newport, at Red Cross Avenue May 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo opens Summer 1901 MGVR in Buffalo; visits Niagara Falls May 1902...

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