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GREEN SPRING FARM TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL NOTES

I. GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)

AGRICULTURE IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA THE MOSS FAMILY AS FARMERS GREEN SPRING FARM AND THE TURNPIKE ROAD THE MIDCENTURY YEARS. 1840-1880 I. GENTLEMEN FREEHOLDERS: THE MOSS FAMILY (1770-1835)

II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA’S AGRICULTURE IN THE 1870’S MOSBY’S LIEUTENANT ORCHARD AND DAIRY. POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE GREEN SPRING FARM AND ANNANDALE II. ORCHARD AND DAIRY: FOUNTAIN BEATTIE (1878-1917)

III. THE END OF THE FARMING ERA: MICHAEL STRAIGHT (1942-1969)

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE

GENERAL SETTING HOUSE SITE GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND HISTORY TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—EXTERIOR. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION—INTERIOR. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: THE MANSION HOUSE

ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS

I. THE TOBEY HOUSE

HISTORY GENERAL SETTING AND SITE OF THE HOUSE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXTERIOR FEATURES ENCLOSURES LANDSCAPING INTERIOR FEATURES

II. THE BARN III. THE LOG CABIN IV. THE SPRING HOUSE

HISTORY EXTERIOR

ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS

I. THE TOBEY HOUSE III. THE LOG CABIN IV. THE SPRING HOUSE

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

GREEN SPRING FARM HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP

APPENDIX C

WILL OF JOHN MOSS, 1809

APPENDIX D

SALES ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF WILLIAM MOSS—1835

FURNITURE HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS PICTURES, BOOKS AND PAPERS NEGROES FARM PRODUCE ANIMALS TOOLS, FARM EQUIPMENT AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY

APPENDIX E Appendix F

Fairfax County (Va.) Will Book T-1, page 223:

APPENDIX G

A Visit from Mr. Polevoy Editors’ Note:

LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS

BOOKS ARTICLES OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND REPORTS NEWSPAPER MANUSCRIPTS MISCELLANEOUS