Word: rump
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are nearly 800 separate pieces. Four relate to Nell Gwynne and the Duchess of Portsmouth. A large and valuable collection concerns the Duke of Monmouth and the rising in the west of England and an even more wonderful series concerns the Rump Parliament, among which are many of a satirical character. Another extraordinary series printed in 1659 deals with the affairs leading to the restoration of the Monarchy, also various ordinances issued by the Royalist and by Commonwealth Parliaments, and a large number concerning the doings of Charles I during the most eventful period of his history. Accounts...