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RAD044
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RAD044
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Title |
Address to the Parliamentary Electors by the Liberal Committee for Aberdeenshire
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There are 6 pages in this publication.
RAD044_01, RAD044_02, RAD044_03, RAD044_04, RAD044_05, RAD044_06
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Format |
112mm x 190mm
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Medium |
printed paper
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Item
Type |
pamphlet
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Description |
This Address from the Aberdeenshire Committee of Liberal Tenant Farmers was written in 1868 as a result of the Second Reform Bill, passed in 1867. It was compiled to inform Electors about the origin and objects of the Committee.
The Committee wished to abolish the Law of Hypothec - the right of claim of a landlord over his tenant's belongings. They also wished to modify the Game Laws which prevented tenant farmers from protecting their crops against rabbits, pheasants and other creatures. They also wanted to see the Law of Entail abolished. This law was designed to preserve large estates as a whole so that they could not be sold or otherwise disposed of other than to those within the owning family.
The Address also discusses the adoption of Mr William McCombie of Tillyfour, noted farmer and cattle breeder, as the Liberal candidate for West Aberdeenshire.
The Address discussed Mr William McCombie of
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Publisher |
The Liberal Committee for Aberdeenshire
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Time
Period |
1860s
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Associated
Dates Creation |
July 1868
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Associated
Dates Publication |
July 1868
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Location |
Local Studies, political collection
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Collection
Name |
Local Studies, political collection
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Copyright |
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