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| Title | Moffatt's pupil teachers' course (ed. by T. Page). Candidates, 2nd (-4th) year Moffatt's pupil teachers' course (ed. by T. Page). Candidates, 2nd (-4th) year, Thomas Page (schoolmaster) |
| Author | Moffatt and Paige |
| Editor | Thomas Page (schoolmaster) |
| Published | 1879 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2006 |
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