Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Plan of the Town of Abington Park, Alexandria County, Va., With Description-Views on the Environs, &C
Many denizens of Washington and the surrounding cities who are 'in receipt of limited income, and who live in a crowded quarter, renting a house and paying for a shelter a high rate, and only looking upon it as a stopping place for the time, naturally pine for a home of their own, where, under the shadow of their own vine and fig tree, they can feel that they have found a haven of rest, and here, in their rural home, they can have fresh air, trees and flowers, pure water, fresh fruits and vegetables, milk and butter - all the result of their own labors, and live where there is freedom from taxation and vicious neigh bors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
