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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Excerpt from an Address to the people of Scotland on the principle and operations of the corn and provision laws, by the Ministers and members of dissenting churches, assembled in conference at Edinburgh]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This excerpt from the Address given by the ministers and members of dissenting churches, requests that the Corn Laws be repealed. These members felt that such taxes were unjust and immoral, and contributed to the sufferings of many people. They felt that the real object of the Corn Laws was to keep the price of food high.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in January 1842]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD124]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Speech of John Davidson, Writer in Aberdeen, intended to be delivered by him at the Great Reform Meeting held on the Broad-Hill of the Links]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[John Davidson, the writer of this pamphlet, was a printer and Tory supporter. He was one of the (self-appointed)leaders of the reform movement in Aberdeen. This article is preceeded by a letter to Alexander Bannerman, who was to be elected MP for Aberdeen the following year, at the first &#039;reformed&#039; election. Davidson was to be one of the speakers at a well-attended meeting in support of reform, held on 22nd October 1831, at the Broad Hill of the Links - the open-air meeting place in Aberdeen. Appalling weather meant that Davidson was unable to deliver his speech - it was very windy and the hustings blew down. Fortunately, no one was injured. Davidson&#039;s speech refers to the fact that the House of Lords had recently thrown out the Reform Bill, which the House of Commons had passed by a majority. Davidson believed that the bill had been vetoed by the Church of England bishops who sat in the House of Lords. He felt that as Lords of the Church rather than of the country, these bishops ought not to sit in the House of Lords.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[John Davidson]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in October 1831<br />
published in November 1831]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD125]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter to Freeholders, Justices of Peace and Commissioners of Supply for the County of Aberdeen, on the Constitution of their late meeting, their speeches and resolutions. By a Most Notorious Demagogue]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The writer, who describes himself as a &#039;most notorious demagogue&#039;, is a supporter of Reform. He refers to the source of his nom-de-plume as coming from Colonel Fraser, who stated that Reformers were the &#039;most notorious revolutionists, demagogues, and agitators in the empire&#039;. The writer believed that the resolutions passed by the Freeholders, Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Supply were absurd and unjust. These resolutions relate to the methods of calculating the value of land to prove someone&#039;s entitlement (or not) to vote. M.N. Demagogue&#039;s letter demonstrates why he believes this method of calculation to be so unjust. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Lewis Smith 66 Broad Street, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created and published in 1831]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD126]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Address to the Electors of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &#039;admits&#039; to his true agenda. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[G Cornwall, printer]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[G Cornwall, printer at the Herald Office, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1832]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD127]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Excerpt from The Knowledge Qualification]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In this excerpt from his essay, The Knowledge Qualification, James Adam, editor of the Radical Aberdeen newspaper, The Aberdeen Herald, argues that education and civil rights are vital for all people. Instead of the £10 voting qualification, people should qualify to vote by attaining a certain standard of intelligence. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[James Adam]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[G Cornwall, printer at the Herald Office, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1837]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD128]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Excerpts from An Appeal for Scotland to The Parliament of 1851]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[These excerpts suggest that some changes should be made with regard to Scotland and its political provisions and its voting rights. The writer suggests that Scotland should have its own Secretary of State and that the franchise should be lowered to £5 from £10.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[William Russell, Broad Street, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1850]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD129]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Diary of Passing Events in Aberdeen]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Diary of Passing Events is anti Tory, pro Reform and pro Free Trade. It wishes to see changes made for the good of all citizens and corruption in the council practice exposed.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[John Watt]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in 1832]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD130]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Franchise Bill Demonstration at Aberdeen]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This pamphlet, compiled from a selection of local papers, gives a description of the full proceedings of the demonstration. Included are lists of the groups represented and names of marshals. There is an account of the procession, which gives the names of the trades that were represented in the procession as well as their order of marching. Those involved in the 1832 Reform movement who were present, as elderly gentlemen, are also named, as are those who were Chartists. The accounts ends with a report of the speeches.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created in August 1884]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD131]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Reform Demonstration in Aberdeen. Description of the Procession and report of speeches at the Great Mass Meeting on the Links]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The 1884 Reform Demonstration, organised by the Trades&#039; Unions, was the largest demonstration to have taken place in Aberdeen since 1832. It was held as part of a campaign to equalize the county and burgh franchises. At this time, there were different qualifications, counties and burghs did not have the same rights. <br />
<br />
Farmers who rented small farms did not get the vote until the 1884 Reform Act was passed. This detailed description of the Demonstration appeared first in the Daily Free Press. The Daily Free Press was a Radical Liberal newspaper and in favour of reform.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Offices of the Daily Free Press and Evening Gazette, Aberdeen]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created on 16th August 1884<br />
published on 18th August 1884]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD132]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reform Demonstration at Montrose]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This page illustrates that in 1884, meetings, speeches and demonstrations in support of Reform were held all over the north east of Scotland. In 1884, radicals were trying to obtain the same right to vote in the counties as in the burghs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[printed paper pamphlet]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Montrose Liberal Association]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[created on 6th October 1884]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[University of Aberdeen]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAD133]]></dcterms:identifier>
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