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    "label": "Map of that part of the mineral lands adjacent to Lake Superior, ceded to the United States by the treaty of 1842 with the Chippewas",
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    "title": "Map of that part of the mineral lands adjacent to Lake Superior, ceded to the United States by the treaty of 1842 with the Chippewas",
    "description": "Relief shown by hachures.",
    "date": "[\"[1845]\"]",
    "year": 1845,
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    "identifierLocal": "06_01_011178",
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        "Gray, A. B. (Andrew Belcher), 1820-1862"
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    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Mines and mineral resources--Michigan--Upper Peninsula--Maps",
        "Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Maps",
        "Superior, Lake--Maps"
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    "extent": "1 map on 2 sheets : joined, hand col. ; 87 x 115 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Shows mining claims.",
        "Inset: [Lake Superior region].",
        "\"Compiled from surveys and explorations made by direction of the War Department under the superintendence of the U.S. Agency at Copper Harbor; from U.S. surveys made by Dr. Houghton and Wm. A. Burt Esq.; from Nicollet's map of the Upper Mississippi River; and from Bayfield's charts of Lake Superior: vide accompanying report of 1845\". (In U.S. 29th Cong., special session Senate 175, no. 461).",
        "Includes errata for accompanying report (House document no. 211), signed by A.B. Gray, Surveyor & Asst. Supt., U.S. Mines.",
        "Does not include ill. of Camp Gray that appears on other versions."
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