The capital and the bay
Subtitle: narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay region, ca. 1600-1925
By: general collections and Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Sources; History; Biography
Description: Presents books that capture the Washington, D.C. area and Chesapeake Bay region in words and pictures. Depicts the region as it developed between the onset of European settlement and the first quarter of the twentieth century. Selected from the Library of Congress's general collections and its Rare Book and Special Collections Division, the collection offers first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs.
Notes: Title from home page as viewed on Apr. 20, 2001.

Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Special presentation. Pictures of people and places from the collection; title: About the collection; title: Related resources; title: Learn more about it!; title: Building the digital collection.