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    "title": "Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River",
    "description": "\"Prepared to accompany the \"Preliminary & progress report\" concerning the \"Expedition of 1872 & 1873.\"",
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        "West (U.S.)--Surveys--Maps"
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        "\"Prepared to accompany the \"Preliminary & progress report\" concerning the \"Expedition of 1872 & 1873.\"",
        "Shows routes of exploration; areas survey by Wheeler's expeditions of 1869, 1871, and 1872; areas encompassed by the Survey of the 40th parallel; etc.",
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