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Excerpt from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M. A., F. R. S., Clerk of the Arts and Secretary of the Admiralty, Vol. 15: May 1, 1668 Nov. 5, 1668
1 The dispute here alluded to had its origin in a petition against the East India Company, presented to the Peers by Thomas Skinner, a mer chant, which led to the memorable quarrel between the two Houses of Parliament upon a question of privilege. The particulars of the case are detailed in Lingard's History of England, vol. Xii., p. 234, fourth.
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