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    "description": "Complete title: Containing a map of the vicinity of Washington, Baltimore, Harper's Ferry and Annapolis, with five mile distance lines from Washington : Map showing the railroad routes, coast lines and forts, between Boston and Norfolk harbor : Map of Norfolk Harbor, Fort Monroe and vicinity, with 1 mile distance lines from Ft. Monroe : Map of the vicinity of Richmond : Small map of the Atlantic states, showing the R.road connections : Diagram of the camp at Cairo : Plan of Haper's Ferry! : Portraits of Gen. B.F. Butler, the late Col. E. Ellsworth, &c.",
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        "Complete title: Containing a map of the vicinity of Washington, Baltimore, Harper's Ferry and Annapolis, with five mile distance lines from Washington : Map showing the railroad routes, coast lines and forts, between Boston and Norfolk harbor : Map of Norfolk Harbor, Fort Monroe and vicinity, with 1 mile distance lines from Ft. Monroe : Map of the vicinity of Richmond : Small map of the Atlantic states, showing the R.road connections : Diagram of the camp at Cairo : Plan of Haper's Ferry! : Portraits of Gen. B.F. Butler, the late Col. E. Ellsworth, &c.",
        "Description derived from published bibliography."
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