76
G. "A Visit From Mr. Polevoy," _The New Republic_, July 16,
1956 77
LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS 81

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure Page
1 John Warner Survey Map, 1740 4
2 John Halley Survey Map, 1840 12
3 R. R. Farr Survey, 1874 12
4 Hopkins' Atlas Map, 1879 20
5 Fountain Beattie and Annie Hathaway Beattie, c. 1885 22
The Mosby and the Beatties, c. 1890 22
The Old Stone Spring House, c. 1885 22
The Lane to Green Spring Farm, c. 1885 22
6 John Singleton Mosby 24
Reunion at Manassas 24
7 Front View of Green Spring Farm, 1936 30
Side View of Green Spring Farm, 1936 30
8 Berry Survey Map, 1941 30
10 Floor Plans, Mansion House 38
14 Three Views of the Tobey House, c. 1960 50
15 Floor Plans of the Tobey House 52
19 Spring House Floor Plans 58
20 Fairfax County Property Map, 1969 62

PREFACE

In the beginning was the land. It drew human life to our rich area of
Fairfax County, and sustained us for centuries before we became so
self-conscious about it as to make household language of words such as
ecology and bio-degradable waste. This is where we are at, however,
and thus it is thoroughly appropriate that the publication of
historical research reports in this format, a new program for Fairfax
County, should commence with a study of the Green Spring Farm. There
is no better site for an example, probably, to illustrate the early
patterns of life on the agricultural land of Fairfax County as well as
to follow the changes and pressures that have come about through war,
depression, boom, and technological change down to the present. Anyone
familiar with the history of this parcel of land, the Green Spri