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    "title": "A chorographical map of the Province of New-York in North America, divided into counties, manors, patents and townships",
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    "date": "[\"1779\"]",
    "year": 1779,
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        "Faden, William, 1749-1836"
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        "Real property--New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800",
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        "Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines.",
        "Hand colored.",
        "Prime meridian: London.",
        "Inscribed: To His Excellency Major General William Tryon ...",
        "\"Advertisement. The tracts of land coloured red, are military grants ... Those with a green edge are manors, and those coloured yellow are townships ... \"",
        "Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The American atlas. 1776.",
        "Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor."
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