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| Title | The civil service history of England, revised and enlarged by H.A. Dobson |
| Author | Frederick Avarne White |
| Editor | Henry Austin Dobson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1871 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Jul 2006 |
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