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    "title": "Map of the City of Brooklyn as consolidated by an act of the legislature of the State of New York",
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        "Landowners--New York (State)--New York--Maps",
        "Buildings--New York (State)--New York--Maps",
        "Piers--New York (State)--New York--Maps",
        "Wetlands--New York (State)--New York--Maps",
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        "Shows depths by soundings.",
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