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Example of pages from the 1872 Municipal Register.

In this Leader, the editor points out that many other reforms will follow electoral reform, including Burgh, Corporation and Church Reform. He hopes, however, that the legislators and the population will not go too far, and that any future reforms…

From The Aberdeen Pirate Thurs Nov 29 1832. (RAD012)Political ballads, set to well-known tunes, were popular during the nineteenth century. This electioneering song discussing Aberdeenshire Whig candidates, is anti-Tory in sentiment.To the tune of…

VIEW OF THREE WOMEN BURNING KELP WITH RUINS OF BIRSAY PALACE IN BACKGROUND

Matrix design: cross & linear design.

Eleven silver buttons (5 large and 6 small), with looped backs and with the Jacobite rose engraved on the front. There were originally 15 buttons in gift, but 4 were returned to Mr Mearns at his request to add to the Highland Dress of a nephew.

Cabinet belonging to James Grant Bey, containing his scarab collection. Each scarab is mounted and the collection is ordered in chronological sequence.

Cedar wood cabinet with 9 drawers containing plaster casts of gems executed by Bartolomeo and Pietro Paoletti, No 49 Piazza Di Spagna, Roma.. Three hundred casts depict Roman History, in Drawers I to VI, 26 casts from work of Canova in Drawer VII, 25…

Cairness House, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, south front. A red and white border has been added to the original photo.