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This pamphlet is one of James Leathams's early publications. In 1891 he was a committed Socialist, who spent any spare hours campaigning for social change. This monologue is written in the Aberdeenshire dialect in an attempt to win over potential…

Special General Strike issue of the Bon-Accord Pictorial

The 2nd special General Strike edition. The paper was not in favour of the strike.

The third general strike issue of the paper. It was not in favour of the strike.

The fourth General Strike edition of the paper. It was not in favour of the strike.

The 5th General Strike edition of the paper. It was not in favour of the General Strike.

The Bon-Accord Reporter belonged to the Liberal/Radical movement. In this editorial, the writer suggests that Chartists don't believe that the unemployed should practice self-help. Instead, they blame parliament and the aristocracy for unemployment.…

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…

The writer discusses the merits, or otherwise, of the candidates in the three Aberdeen wards, in the forthcoming local election.

This song is addressed to James William Barclay (1833-1907), who represented the 1st ward in Aberdeen town council in from 1864-1867 and the 3rd ward in 1868 to 1871. He was a shipowner, which is referred to in the fourth verse. Barclay stood as a…