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    "title": "The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country",
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        "Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831"
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        "Landowners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps",
        "Connecticut--Maps",
        "Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps",
        "Massachusetts--Maps",
        "New England--Maps",
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        "3 plans superimposed upon each other. Maps of New York and Philadelphia appear as partially unrolled sheets on top of a map of southern New England.",
        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Prime meridian: New York City Hall.",
        "Includes illustrations of surveying equipment used by the author.",
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        "\"This paper made by Morris & Kingsland.\"",
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