RAD130

A Diary of Passing Events in Aberdeen

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.

RAD134

A Word in Season to the Electors of the County and...

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 vote for the Tory candidates - James Hadden for the...

RAD137

Electioneering

A pre-1832-Reform Act look at corruption in parliamentary elections.

RAD138

The Lamentation of the Provost

This little poem points out that the council is no longer self-selected. Through burgh reform, things have changed.

RAD140

Remarks on the Principles of the Opposing Candidates...

The writer, a Tory, who wished to keep the Corn Laws, entreats the Aberdeenshire voter to vote for Captain Gordon, the Tory candidate, in the first election after the reform bill has been passed.

RAD146

Letter to the Freeholders of Aberdeenshire

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 will go some way towards redressing this. He entreats...

RAD147

Electors of Aberdeen

This poster urges the electorate to vote for the Tory Provost James Hadden.

RAD148

Most Potent, Grave, and Reverend Electors of Aberdeen

Satirical Reform poster poking fun at Provost Hadden's expense account.

RAD149

Mr Bannerman and his pledged voters

This poster takes the form of an open letter to the editor of the Aberdeen Observer, and questions Mr Bannerman's credentials and ability to serve as MP.

RAD150

Aberdeen City Election

James Hadden, the Tory candidate, withdrew his candidacy in the 1832 election. The Whig, Alexander Bannerman, was duly elected.

RAD151

Bannerman and Reform for Ever

In this poster, the Tory opposition suggest that Alexander Bannerman, the Whig candidate in the 1832 election, is no Friend of the People.

RAD158

The Quizzing Glass

The Quizzing Glass was a short-lived publication from the mid-1830s, produced by the Aberdeen printer, John Watt. Watt, who produced political pamphlets, took a Radical viewpoint.

RAD161

Municipal Affairs in Aberdeen 1838 - 1888

These excerpts come from a record of municipal affairs in Aberdeen since the Burgh Reform Act was passed in 1833.

RAD167

To the Banffshire Voters

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.

RAD168

The Tory Account of the Aberdeenshire Voters

This song appeared in the Aberdeen Herald in October 1832, prior to the first general election after the First Reform Act. The song is an attack on the Aberdeenshire Tories and their candidate, Sir Michael Bruce.