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RAD044

RAD044, Address to the parliamentary electors by the Liberal Committee for Aberdeenshire

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ID

RAD044

Title

Address to the Parliamentary Electors by the Liberal Committee for Aberdeenshire

Other pages

There are 6 pages in this publication.

RAD044_01, RAD044_02, RAD044_03, RAD044_04, RAD044_05, RAD044_06

Format

112mm x 190mm

Medium

printed paper

Item Type

pamphlet

Item 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

Publisher

The Liberal Committee for Aberdeenshire

Time Period

1860s

Associated Dates Creation

July 1868

Associated Dates Publication

July 1868

Location

Local Studies, political collection

Collection Name

Local Studies, political collection

Copyright

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