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

Report of the nomination of candidates for the first election after the Reform Act was passed.

Poster asking electors in Aberdeenshire to support the Liberal candidate, Sir Thomas Burnett.

This song appeared in the Aberdeen Herald in October 1832, prior to the first general election after the First Reform Act. Colonel Gordon was elected.

This poster requests that voters place their votes in support of Alex Bannerman rather than Provost Hadden.

The title page of a pamphlet published in 1832. 1832 was the year of the first 'general' election, although voting was restricted to certain males only. They had to prove that they owned, tenanted or occupied property valued at £10 per year. In 1832,…

This notice details Aberdeen's polling districts in 1837.

A satirical poem, produced by the Aberdeen Herald, great supporters of Reform. The poem appears to come out of the mouth the current Tory Provost, James Hadden, who was, in reality, very much against Reform. In this poem, he 'admits' to his true…

The Reform Bill has been passed and the first elections still have to be held. The writer asks the reader to consider the candidates for the city and county carefully, and to vote in favour of the Reformers. He gives reasons why electors should not…

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…