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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Excerpts from Aberdeen Liberal Association Report of Annual Meeting 1891]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This excerpt from the Aberdeen Liberal Association&#039;s 1891 report mentions a demonstration at the Music Hall in Aberdeen. Herbert Asquith, at that time Liberal MP for East Fife, spoke in support of abolishing the House of Lords.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Aberdeen Liberal Association]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created and published in 1891]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[118 mm x 178 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD029]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Excerpts from Aberdeen Liberal Assocation Report of Annual Meeting 1883]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[These excerpts show how during 1883, the Aberdeen Liberal Association saw a substantial increase in its membership. Membership subscriptions varied according to how much the member earned. The Association were delighted with the increase in membership amongst the working class. The report refers to Gladstone&#039;s government, reform of the House of Lords, and it also considers the problem of unevenly sized constituencies and Scotland&#039;s support for the party.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Aberdeen Liberal Association]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published in April 1883]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[118 mm x 178 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD028]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[List of Electors for Eight Commissioners of Police]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This pamphlet lists the names and occupations of all those entitled to vote in the city elections for the police commissioners. To be eligible to vote in this election, a prospective elector had to be paying an annual rent of £5.00. The candidates, in order to be eligible to stand, had to pay an annual rent of £10. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Police Office, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created on 16th June 1815]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[91 mm x 166 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD027]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Extract from the Town Clerk&#039;s Roll, October 1847]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This extract from the Town Clerk&#039;s Roll, shows how people voted. an &#039;F&#039; beside someone&#039;s name indicates that they voted for Alexander Dingwall Fordyce, Tory candidate and ex-city councillor. An &#039;S&#039; indicates that Colonel Sykes was the recipient of the vote. Fordyce was elected.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Town Clerk, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[pen on paper ledger book]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1847]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[128 mm x 203 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD025]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Peterhead Poll Book, Spring 1924]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Peterhead Poll Book, Spring 1924, lists electors in the Burgh of Peterhead in alphabetical order. The letter in front of a name (P or L) indicates that the voter was entitled to vote in a Parliamentary (P) or a Local (L) election only.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper book]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Registration Officer of the Burgh of Peterhead]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published on 15th April 1924]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[269 mm x 206 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD024]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Coming Election]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The writer discusses the merits, or otherwise, of the candidates in the three Aberdeen wards, in the forthcoming local election.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Bon-Accord Reporter: Robert Edward, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published in October 1842]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[212 mm x 273 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD023]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Agitations of the Month]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The editor of the Aberdeen Shaver takes a satirical look at popular demonstrations occuring in Aberdeen in January and February 1839. Chartism had taken hold in Aberdeen by this time, but as it was well connected with the Temperance Movement, The Shaver did not approve!]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Aberdeen Shaver: John Anderson &amp; Co]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created and published in February 1839]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD019]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Radical Demonstration the Greater]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This paragraph, which appeared in The Aberdeen Shaver, a satirical newspaper, refers to a huge radical demonstration held at the Links, Aberdeen on 25th August 1838. The writer&#039;s main concern is satire. The Shaver was against teetotalism, and slants the bulk of this paragraph towards that. Aberdeen. The &#039;collared brother of the Herald&#039; is James Adam, editor of the Whig paper, The Aberdeen Herald. &#039;Ten pounders&#039; were those entitled to vote in general elections because the rented or owned property which had an annual value of at least £10. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Aberdeen Shaver: John Anderson &amp; Co]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in August 1838<br />
published in September 1838]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[211 mm x 263 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD018]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Radical Demonstration]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The top article which appeared in The Aberdeen Shaver, a satirical newspaper, mentions the huge radical demonstration held at the Links, Aberdeen on 16th August 1838. However, the writer is more concerned with satirizing the sentiments of the meeting and the participants themselves, than reporting what actually happened. The lower article is a cheeky description of the events. &#039;Lang Sandy&#039; is Alexander Bannerman, factory owner and Whig MP for Aberdeen. &#039;Mr Adam&#039; was James Adam, the editor of the Whig paper, The Aberdeen Herald. &#039;Ten pounders&#039; were those entitled to vote in general elections because the rented or owned property which had an annual value of at least £10.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Aberdeen Shaver: John Anderson &amp; Co]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in August 1838<br />
published in September 1838]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[211 mm x 263 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD017]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Our New Magistrates 1833]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The editor of the Aberdeen Pirate is delighted that none of the old council have been re-elected, and commends the citizens of Aberdeen for their good sense. He also points out that the new council should not indulge in &#039;feasting at the public expense&#039; and that they should conduct council business in a &#039;fair, free, and open&#039; manner.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Aberdeen Pirate: John Anderson &amp; Co]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published on Thursday 28th November 1833]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Aberdeen Central Library]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Local Studies, political collection]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD016]]></dcterms:identifier>
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