Lot 236
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle. The Speech and Declaration of His Excellency the Lord General Monck. Delivered at White-Hall upon Tuesday the 21 of February 1659, 8pp., unbound, 8vo, London: John Playford, 1659 [1660] [Wing A867]
In his diary entry for 21 February 1659, Samuel Pepys notes: 'In the morning going out I saw many soldiers going towards Westminster, and was told that they were going to admit the secluded members again. So I to Westminster Hall, and in Chancery Row I saw about twenty of them who had been at White Hall with General Monk, who came thither this morning, and made a speech to them, and recommended to them a Commonwealth, and against Charles Stuart.'
