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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Last Speech of the Town&#039;s Officers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Song referring to Burgh Reform. It relates to the unelected, pre-1833 Aberdeen town council and corruption.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[J Booth Jun, Chronicle Street, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created and published in 1833]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD166]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Eight Hours Day with Ten Hours Pay]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This was the first of James Leatham&#039;s pamphlets. A committed socialist, he campaigned for the introduction of an eight hour day and six day week. In this pamphlet, he argues why this should be the case.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[James Leatham]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Leatham, 15 St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1890]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD165]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/10471">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Most Important Thing in the World]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Originally delivered as a Socialist lecture, James Leatham&#039;s article looks forward to the establishment of a Co-operative Commonwealth. In a Co-operative Commonwealth, local bodies administer their own local services; railways, canals and mines are nationalized - run by the state, and the post office and telephone services are amalgamated and nationalized. Leatham&#039;s vision did come to pass in post-second world war, Labour Britain.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[James Leatham]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Sentinel Office, Peterhead]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1903]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD164]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[North Aberdeen - the vacant chair]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This political cartoon relates to the North Aberdeen by-election of 1896. Duncan Pirie, the Liberal candidate won by a majority of 430 votes over the Labour candidate.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper image]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Bon-Accord: Henry J. Clark, Rettie&#039;s Court, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published on 23rd April 1896]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD163]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Aberdeen Shaver]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Shaver considers its view of the history of Reform in Aberdeen. It mentions some of the working class leaders, such as John Cant (a tanner), John Warden (schoolmaster) and John Davidson (writer and printer).]]></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 July 1834]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD162]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/10468">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Municipal Affairs in Aberdeen 1838 - 1888]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[These excerpts come from a record of municipal affairs in Aberdeen since the Burgh Reform Act was passed in 1833.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[James A Ross]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper book]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published in 1889]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD161]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Notes on the members of Parliament for the Burgh of Aberdeen 1357 - 1886]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[These excerpts provide brief biographies of Aberdeen Members of Parliament between 1820 and 1886.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Alex M Munro]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper book]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published in 1886]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD160]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Clarion, Election Supplement]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Clarion was a weekly Socialist paper which ran between 1891 and 1931, covering the whole of Britain. The first page of this Election Supplement is specific to the forthcoming Aberdeen By-Election held in 1907. The paper is backing the Socialist candidate, Fred Bramley, who was to come third in the By-Election. The Aberdeen page includes an Open Letter from Joseph F Duncan, who had worked for the Scottish Farm Servants Union, the dockers union, and was to become President of Aberdeen Trades&#039; Council. The rest of the paper has a strong Socialist message.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[editor: Robert Blatchford (Nunquam)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Clarion office, 44 Worship Street, London, E.C.]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created and published in 1907]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD159]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Quizzing Glass]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Quizzing Glass was a short-lived publication from the mid-1830s, produced by the Aberdeen printer, John Watt. Watt, who produced political pamphlets, took a Radical viewpoint.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper ]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[John Watt]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published in December 1834]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD158]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Working-Man&#039;s Newspaper]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Working-Man&#039;s Newspaper first appeared in November 1873. It was run by a co-operative and hoped to become a successful medium of information for the working class. Unfortunately, they ran into printing problems by the second issue, which was printed in Glasgow. This proved too costly a method of production and the publication failed.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper newspaper column]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Working-Man&#039;s Newspaper]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[published on 6th December 1873]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD157]]></dcterms:identifier>
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