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    "creators": [
        "Morris, Charles",
        "Jefferys, Thomas, -1771",
        "Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
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        "Maritime Charts and Atlases"
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        "Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Halifax Harbour--Early works to 1800",
        "Halifax Harbour (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771"
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        "State 1.",
        "Oriented with north to the right.",
        "Depths shown by soundings.",
        "Includes directions for entering the harbor.",
        "Dedication: To the right honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax, first lord commissioner, and to the rest of the right honourable commissioners for trade and plantations this chart is most humbly inscribed by their most obliged & obedient humble servt. Thos. Jefferys.",
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