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This poster is entreating Bannerman's supporters to remember to make their claims to vote before 20th August.

Horatio Ross points out to his constituents that he does not intend to stand again at another election.

This list shows the supporters of James Hadden. At that time he was Lord Provost of Aberdeen, in his effort to secure a seat in Parliament at the first election after the Reform Act was passed.

This poster points out that the Captain is against reform rather than for it, as he would have people believe.

The Conservative and Unionist Party were completely against the Liberal concept of Home Rule (devloution). This booklet commemorates a fete held at Fyvie Castle by the women's branch of the organization.

James Adam, the author, was the Radical editor of the Aberdeen Herald. He had attended a conference in Birmingham in 1842 which adopted the six main Chartist points - even though conference refused to call itself Chartist. The main points were:…

This Address from the Aberdeenshire Committee of Liberal Tenant Farmers was written in 1868 as a result of the Second Reform Bill, passed in 1867. It was compiled to inform Electors about the origin and objects of the Committee.
The Committee…

An essay on the question of womens' suffrage. The author was inspired by looking at images of women painted by George Frederick Watts. He writes in favour of womens' suffrage.

This pamphlet is a Tory lampoon which mocks the Whigs and Radicals. It suggests, particularly through the songs, that the Whigs and Radicals are not united, and that the Whig MP, Alexander Bannerman, who is given the position of the Chairman at this…

The first issue of a magazine for Aberdeen Suffragettes.