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    "label": "A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys",
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    "title": "A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys",
    "description": "Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.",
    "date": "[\"1777\"]",
    "year": 1777,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
    "reuseAllowed": "no restrictions",
    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_006280",
    "creators": [
        "Faden, William, 1749-1836"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "American Revolutionary War-Era Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Canada--Boundaries--United States--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "United States--Boundaries--Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Québec (Province)--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Vermont--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces"
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        "New York",
        "North and Central America",
        "Quebec",
        "United States",
        "Vermont"
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        "Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.",
        "Shows the Canadian-United States border from Lake Ontario along the St. Lawrence River to 45⁰ N. latitude, east to the Connecticut River, and northeast along the \"Height of the land.\" Coverage of areas away from the boundary is focused upon the southern portion of Quebec and the northern portion of New York State, including a portion of the area which later became Vermont.",
        "Dedication to \"Major General John Burgoyne.\"",
        "Includes list of \"Winter quarters of the King's Army in Canada, 1776.\"",
        "Second state with dedication and Winter quarters."
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