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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excerpt from the Address given by the ministers and members of dissenting churches, requests that the Corn Laws be repealed.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…

This article describes the reactions to the proposed Reform Bill: how petitions were got up both for and against it. The writer clearly supports Reform.

At a meeting of Freeholders, Justicers of the peace and Commissioners of Supply held on 7th June 1831, there was a majority vote of 43 against the Reform Bill.

These notes from the Aberdeen Magazine describe elections held prior to the 1st Reform Act.

The Aberdeen Magazine points out that Aberdeen has experienced canvassing. Aberdeen, it believes, has the highest number of registered voters in Scotland, showing that voters are proud of their privilege.

The writer is answering an attack on Toryism, which appeared in the previous issue of the Aberdeen Magazine, by suggesting that this attack has not offended him.

This item discusses monuments to reform, including the monument proposed for Meethill, Peterhead, the site of reform meetings.

This article describes the meeting held in Aberdeen on 18th May 1832 in support of electoral reform.

The writer asks why the Reform Committee are not planning to hold a meeting about the proposed Reform Petition.

This poll book from 1843 lists those entitled to vote in the second ward of Aberdeen City. The names and occupations of those standing are listed across the top of the page. The number of votes for each cadidate is listed cumulatively, and the final…