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    "label": "Map of Allegany Co., N.Y",
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    "title": "Map of Allegany Co., N.Y",
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    "date": "[\"1856\"]",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_010625",
    "creators": [
        "Bechler, Gustavus R.",
        "Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898",
        "Gillette, Matthews & Co."
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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    "subjects": [
        "Landowners--New York (State)--Allegany County--Maps",
        "Cities and towns--New York (State)--Allegany County--Maps",
        "Villages--New York (State)--Allegany County--Maps",
        "Allegany County (N.Y.)--Maps"
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        "North and Central America",
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        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas of village/city insets.",
        "\"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by Robert Pearsall Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania.\"",
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