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This letter is the Banff Town Clerk's reply to the council's resolution that he and the Town Chamberlain must not interfere in elections. See RAD096

This excerpt intimates that the Town Clerk, the Town Chamberlain and any others in paid council positions, are not to interfere with the possible outcome of elections.

This article, also published as a flyer by the Tory paper, the Aberdeen Observer, is not exactly in favour of Alexander Bannerman, MP for Aberdeen.

The Shaver's outlook on the House of Lords.

The New Shaver lampoons Banff and its political tendencies. The New Shaver professed to be apolitical and made fun of Whigs, Tories and Radicals as is illustrated in this example.

Although not entirely in favour of the Chartists demands, The New Shaver was not completely unsympathetic.

The New Shaver was not in favour of Radical or Chartist movements.

The author believes that the Assembly that rules over the British Empire is less capable of coping with its problems than it should be. The solution, the writer believes, would be to give Home Rule to both Ireland and Scotland.

McCombie of Tillyfour, MP for West Aberdeenshire in 1868, was better known as an originator of the Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle. This little anecdote relates to him being better known as a farmer than a politician.

Image and biography of Peter Esslemont (1834-1894), Lord Provost of Aberdeen between 1880 and 1883 and Liberal MP for Aberdeen from 1885 to 1892.