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    "title": "Map of the city of Boston and vicinity",
    "description": "Oriented with north toward the upper left.",
    "date": "[\"[ca. 1898]\"]",
    "year": 1898,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_004733",
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        "Sampson, Murdock & Co"
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        "Boston and New England Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Boston (Mass.)--Maps"
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        "Suffolk (county)",
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        "Oriented with north toward the upper left.",
        "Covers also parts of adjacent towns and cities, including all of Cambridge and Brookline.",
        "Shows selected buildings.",
        "\"Published for the Boston directory.\"",
        "\"Dotted lines show streets on plans filed by Board of Survey.\"",
        "Inset: [Breed's Island]."
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