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This Chartist pamphlet urges the working classes to unite to demand the vote for all, secret voting and annual parliaments. Chartists believed that education was the best way to fight poverty and to promote an improvement in conditions for the…

This excerpt from The People's Charter describes how the proposed Act, which would allow all men aged 21 and over to vote, would work. The Balloting Place and the Ballot Box are described in detail, as are the duties of the registration and returning…

This article describes two, peaceable Chartist meetings in Aberdeen. At the second of these, it was decided to order a gun and bayonet for each of the five hundred plus members of the 'National Guard' of Chartists.

The writer takes account of possible arguments against the Radical cause, and proceeds to address these. Unlike many other writers of the period, he refers to the honour of Scotland and the injustices it has suffered. He believes that the Reform bill…

This poster urges the electorate to vote for the Tory Provost James Hadden.

Satirical Reform poster poking fun at Provost Hadden's expense account.

This poster takes the form of an open letter to the editor of the Aberdeen Observer, and questions Mr Bannerman's credentials and ability to serve as MP.

James Hadden, the Tory candidate, withdrew his candidacy in the 1832 election. The Whig, Alexander Bannerman, was duly elected.

In this poster, the Tory opposition suggest that Alexander Bannerman, the Whig candidate in the 1832 election, is no Friend of the People.

A brief biography of the Hadden Family dynasty. Lord Provost James Hadden was the Tory candidate for Aberdeen in the 1832 election. He withdrew, and Alexander Bannerman was elected.