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    "title": "Cummings' map of Columbia and Montour counties, Penn'a",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "identifierLocal": "06_01_010938",
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        "Cummings, J. A. J."
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        "Landowners--Pennsylvania--Columbia County--Maps",
        "Landowners--Pennsylvania--Montour County--Maps",
        "Cities and towns--Pennsylvania--Columbia County--Maps",
        "Cities and towns--Pennsylvania--Montour County--Maps",
        "Villages--Pennsylvania--Columbia County--Maps",
        "Villages--Pennsylvania--Montour County--Maps",
        "Real property--Pennsylvania--Bloomsburg--Maps",
        "Real property--Pennsylvania--Berwick--Maps",
        "Real property--Pennsylvania--Danville--Maps",
        "Columbia County (Pa.)--Maps",
        "Montour County (Pa.)--Maps",
        "Bloomsburg (Pa.)--Maps",
        "Berwick (Pa.)--Maps",
        "Danville (Pa.)--Maps"
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        "North and Central America",
        "Pennsylvania",
        "United States"
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        "General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; the borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), building coverage, and owners' names.",
        "Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries, township areas, and boroughs.",
        "Distances between road junctions are shown in perches.",
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        "\"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by J.A.J. Cummings in the ... Eastern District of Penn'a.\"",
        "Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined).",
        "Includes text, note, local business directories, and illustrations of prominent buildings.",
        "Borough/village insets: Bloomsburg -- Rohrsburg -- Washingtonville -- New Media -- Ruperts -- Centreville -- Light Street -- Benton -- Berwick -- Espy -- Roaring Creek or Slabtown -- Orangeville -- Buckhorn -- Danville -- Jerseytown -- Mifflinville -- Catawissa -- Limestoneville -- White Hall -- Mooresburg."
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