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    "title": "Manuscript plan of the Bulfinch Triangle, Boston, MA",
    "description": "Land indenture and manuscript map authorizing and illustrating one of Boston's first major land reclamation projects in the so-called Mill Pond. Map illustrates the creation of the \"Bulfinch Triangle,\"constructed within the perimeter of the old Mill Pond area from Merrimac and North Washington Streets, up to Causeway Street.",
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