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1 - Printed "Case in Relation to the Bill for the Improvement of Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland [...]"
2 - Printed Resolutions of the General Meeting of the Commissioners of Supply, Landholders and Justices of the Peace of the County of Aberdeen concerning prisons
3 - Printed Report by the Governor of the Prison of Aberdeen
4 - Printed letter from Alexander Thomson on behalf of the County of Aberdeen Prison Board
5 - Printed Report of Committee of Prison Board of Aberdeenshire on the Subject of Juvenile Delinquency
6 - Printed County of Kincardine Meeting Report on Lunatic Criminals
7 - Draft of a letter of speech calling for reforms to the Prison Board
8 - Copy Report on Beerhouses, Brothels and Public Houses in Aberdeenshire
9 - Draft precognition concerning management issues in Aberdeen prison
10 - Memorandum respecting the prisons at Aberdeen and Dundee
11 - Printed Invitation Conference on Preventative and Reformatory Schools, with List of Objects of the Conference
12 - Printed Report Respecting Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
13 - Printed Report Respecting Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
14 - Letter from Peter Dunn at Peterhead Prison
15 - Copy letter from Mr Chalmers [Governor of Aberdeen Prison] to Mr Dunn, Prison of Peterhead
16 - Letter from Mr Chalmers [Governor of Aberdeen Prison] to Alexander Thomson
17 - Printed Minutes of Conference on Preventative and Reformatory Schools
18 - Excerpt from Surgeons Journal, Aberdeen Prison
19 - Printed Aberdeen County Prison Board Call for Meeting
20 - Printed Aberdeen County Prison Board Call for Meeting
21 - Printed Account of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Aberdeen County Prison Board
22 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
23 - Chester Chronicle Article on the laying of the foundation stone for Chester Ragged and Industrial Schools
24 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
25 - Printed Aberdeen Local Statistics for 1852
26 - Printed Return of Crimes and Convictions by the Rural Constabularly Force, in the County of Aberdeen, with the Convictions from 1st April 1850, to 31st March 1851
27 - Printed Return of Crimes and Convictions by the Rural Constabularly Force, in the County of Aberdeen, with the Convictions from 1st April 1850, to 31st March 1851
28 - Printed Return of Crimes and Convictions by the Rural Constabularly Force, in the County of Aberdeen, with the Convictions from 1st April 1851 to 31st March 1852
29 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons of the County of Aberdeen
30 - Aberdeenshire Fiars of Oatmeal from 1827 to 1852
31 - Return of Committals to the Prison of the County of Aberdeen, for the years 1853 and 1854, of Juveniles aged 12 years and under
32 - Remarks on Juvenile Prisoners - Old Machar Parish
33 - Remarks on Juvenile Prisoners - St Nicholas Parish
34 - Juvenile Convictions - St Nicholas Parish
35 - List of Juvenile Prisoners 14 years of age and under and Females 14 years of age and under
36 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons of the County of Aberdeen
37 - List of Boys and Girls aged 14 years and under convicted and imprisoned during January, February and March 1855
38 - Remarks anent Juvenile Prisoners - Old Machar Parish
39 - Abstract of Juvenile Prisoners - St Nicholas Parish
40 - Remarks on Juvenile Prisoners - St Nicholas Parish
41 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons of the County of Aberdeen
42 - Printed Aberdeen Local Statistics for 1853
43 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons of the County of Aberdeen
44 - List of Juvenile Prisoners 14 years old and under
45 - Tables of Prices and Crimes and Table of Commitals to Prison above and below 16
46 - Chaplain Report on Female Prisoners 14 years and under
47 - Letter to Mr Thomson asking about Parochial Relief for Juvenile Prisoners
48 - Printed Return of Crimes and Convictions by the Rural Constabularly Force, in the County of Aberdeen, with the Convictions from 1st April 1854 to 31st March 1855
49 - Remit to Committee on Juvenile Delinquency by County Prison Board
50 - Printed Report for Proposed Industrial and Reformatory Objects for the Aberdeen House of Refuge
51 - Letter from Daniel Baxter, East Prison, Aberdeen
52 - Letter from Daniel Baxter, East Prison, Aberdeen
53 - Memorandum of Business at General Meeting County Prison Board
54 - Letter to Alexander Thomson from Mr Chalmers, East Prison, Aberdeen [Governor]
55 - Numbers on Renewal Rolls for the Licensing Roll
56 - Letter to Alexander Thomson from Mr Chalmers, East Prison, Aberdeen [Governor], with list of Juvenile Prisoners
57 - Letter from Daniel Baxter, East Prison, Aberdeen
58 - Letter from John Watson, Aberdeen Superintendent of Police, to George B. Bothwell on Criminal Statistics report
58A - List of Prisoners not exceeding 12 years of age committed to the Prison of Aberdeen during the months of January, February and March 1855
59 - Printed Resolutions of the General Meeting of the Commissioners of Supply, Landholders and Justices of the Peace of the County of Aberdeen concerning prisons
60 - Printed "Friendly Hints to Parents and Others Connected with Those Who Are, Or May Have Been, Prisoners"
61 - Printed "Case in Relation to the Bill for the Improvement of Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland [...]"
62 - Printed Report of Committee of Prison Board of Aberdeenshire on the Subject of Juvenile Delinquency
63 - Printed Excerpt from the Aberdeen Journal on the Aberdeenshire Prisons Board's meeting, respecting Juvenile Delinquency
64 - Printed Report by the Governor of the Prison of Aberdeen
65 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
66 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
67 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
68 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
69 - Printed Call for Debate on Scotch Prisons Bill
70 - Printed Account by the Prison Board for the County of Aberdeen of the Revenue and Expenditure
71 - Memorandum of Business at General Meeting of Prison Board on 5th February
72 - Memorandum of Business at General Meetings of the County Prison Board on 1st August
73 - Confirmation Letter to Alexander Thomson of Appointment to County Prison Board
74 - Printed Proposed Bill for the Disposal and Reformation of Juvenile Vagrants and Offenders, and Aberdeenshire County Prison Board Report on the Suppression of Juvenile Delinquency and Vagrancy
75 - Printed Bill for the Disposal and Reformation of Juvenile Vagrants and Offenders and Committee Report
76 - Alexander Thomson's Report Speech on Juvenile Delinquency
77 - Printed Report by the Rural Police Committee to the Commissioners of Supply of the County of Aberdeen on Ale and Spirits Licenses
78 - Printed Criminal Statistics for the Eastern District of Renfrewshire
79 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
80 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
81 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
82 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
83 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
84 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
85 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
86 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
87 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
88 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
89 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences detected by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
90 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences, Accidental Deaths and Suicides, and Lunatics, reported by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
91 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences, Accidental Deaths and Suicides, and Lunatics, reported by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
92 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences, Accidental Deaths and Suicides, and Lunatics, reported by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants, Tinkers, and Unlicensed Hawkers apprehended in the County of Aberdeen
93 - Note concerning payment of expenses for apprehending and conveying criminals to the Sherriff Court by the Justices of the Peace
94 - Printed Proclamation by the Justices of the Peace for Kincardineshire Concerning Vagrants and Beggars
95 - Printed Excerpt from the Vagrant Act of 1741
96 - Printed Blank Vagrant Pass Certificate
97 - Blank Warrant to Commit to Aberdeen Prison
98 - Printed Notice for Vagrancy Outside of Parish Borders (blank)
99 - Circular from the County of Aberdeen Committee of Rural Police on the Vagrant Act
101 - Printed Letter from Alexander Thomson to Ministers, concerning a system for Parish Beggars
102 - Abstract of Expenses and other Statistics for the Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary
103 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary General Order on Lunatics Wandering About
104 - Printed Declaration on Travelling Thieves
105 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary Notice on Market tents and Booths
106 - Printed Report by the Aberdeenshire Rural Police Committee
107 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary General Order on procedures for dealing with crimes committeed in the Peterhead Sheriff Court District
108 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary General Order on Poachers
109 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary General Order on thefts from Carriers' Carts
110 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary Notice of Theft by James Esson
111 - Printed Instructions for Constables relating to Carriers' Carts robberies
112 - Printed Letter to Clerks of the Peace from William Anderson, General Superintendent Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary
113 - Printed Aberdeen Rural Constabulary General Order on Desertion of Service and Other Civil Cases
114 - Printed Aberdeen Rural Constabulary Notice Regarding Elizabeth Robertson or McKenzie, an Imposter
115 - Letter to Alexander Thomson from William Anderson on Aberdeenshire Rural Police Committee Reports
116 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary General Order on Constables Leaving their Districts and Prohibition or Keeping Dogs
117 - Printed Aberdeenshire Constabulary General Order for Constables in Charge of Prisoners at Markets.
118 - Printed Aberdeenshire Constabulary General Order for Constable's Visits and Visiting Books
119 - Printed Proclamation by the Sheriff of the County of Aberdeen Regarding Ownership of Dogs
120 - Printed Proclamations by the Sheriff of the Counties of Banff and Aberdeen on Rabid Dogs
121 - Draft Annual Report for the Aberdeenshire Rural Police Committee
122 - Printed Account by the Prison Board for the County of Aberdeen of the Revenue and Expenditure
123 - Signed Confession of Robert Weir and George McPherson to Unlawfully Cutting Down Trees
124 - Printed Bye Regulations regarding the transmission of convicts sentenced to Transportation or Penal Servitude
125 - 'The Times' Newspaper Article on the Ticket of Leave System for Criminals
126 - Return of Vagrant and Tinkers from William Anderson, General Superintendent Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary
127 - List of Members of the Aberdeen Rural Constabulary Committee
128 - Printed Extract of the Minutes of a Special General Meeting on the Parochial School Establishment of Scotland
129 - Draft Notes on Proposed Changes to Religious Education
130 - Printed Copy of Proposed Memorial to the Privy Council on Education from the Preventative and Reformatory School Committee on Ragged or Free Day Schools for the Destitute
131 - Printed Invitation Conference on Preventative and Reformatory Schools, with List of Objects of the Conference
132 - Draft Notes of Statistics on Reformatory Schools
133 - Printed Statement concerning proposed Perth Ragged School Farm Extension
134 - Printed Proof of Bill Regarding Juvenile Delinquency
135 - Proof News Report of a Meeting of the Subscribers and Friends of the Ragged and Industrial Schools
136 - Printed excerpt from the Bristol Examiner on Juvenile Offenders, their Conditions and Treatment Part I
137 - Printed excerpt from the Bristol Examiner on Juvenile Offenders, their Conditions and Treatment Part II
138 - Printed Third Report by the Committee of Management of the Aberdeen School of Industry for Boys
139 - Note Confirming Application of the Industrial and Reformatory School Act
140 - Printed Report of the Aberdeen Children's Asylum Committee
141 - Printed Extract from the Aberdeen Banner on a public meeting in aid of the Aberdeen Juvenile School of Industry and Soup Kitchen
142 - Printed Fourteenth Report of the Aberdeen House of Refuge (draft)
143 - Printed Extract titled "Facts and Figures Chiefly About Crime" in Aberdeen
144 - Draft Cover Letter on the Reformatory Schools Act for Scotland
145 - Printed Proof Copy of the Fourth Report of the Aberdeen Child's Asylum Committee
146 - Printed Report on the Bill for Suppression of Juvenile Delinquency
147 - Printed Fifth Report of the Aberdeen Child's Asylum Committee
148 - Printed extract on Statistics of Education in Aberdeen
149 - 'The Times' Newspaper Article on a Juvenile Delinquency Conference in Birmingham
150 - Printed Extracts from Acts concerning Vagrant Children and Youthful Offenders
151 - Printed Report of the Chaplain to the West Riding House of Correction
152 - Printed Report on Committee on the Reformatory Objects of the Aberdeen House of Industry and Refuge
153 - Letter from William Anderson, General Superindentent, Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary, to Alexander Thomson regarding the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Act
154 - Printed Request to attend a Meeting of Directors of the Aberdeen House of Industry and Refuge
155 - Letter to Alexander Thomson concerning the Reformatory Schools
156 - Letter to Lord Kintore concerning support for establishing a Reformatory School for Juvenile Offenders at Oldmill
157 - Letter to Alexander Thomson Giving Update of Progress for the Building of the Reformatory School at Oldmill
158 - Printed Notice from the London Reformatory School
159 - Printed Reformatory Union Notice and Meeting Minutes
160 - Printed Letter to the Leeds Mercury on the Youthful Offenders Act
161 - Printed Notice of a Conference on Reformatory Schools
162 - Printed Resolutions of a Meeting of the Reformatory and Refuge Union
163 - Printed Draft of Resolutions of a Meeting of the Reformatory and Refuge Union
164 - Letter from John Nutt on Membership of Reformatory and Refuge Union
165 - Printed Bill for the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Act
166 - Printed Complaint Under the Reformatory and Industrial Act forms
167 - Letter to Alexander Thomson from William Anderson, General Superintendent, Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary, titled "Ticket of Leave Parties"
168 - Summary of "Ticket of Leave Parties" in Aberdeenshire and Names of Parties returned during the year 1856
170 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons of the County of Aberdeen
171 - Letter to Alexander Thomson from William Anderson, General Superintendent, Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary, with summary of "Ticket of Leave Parties" in Aberdeenshire and Names of Parties returned during the year 1856
172 - Letter from Mr Watson, Aberdeen Superintendent of Police, to Alexander Thomson, on ticket of leave cases residing in Aberdeen
173 - Printed Letter from John Nutt of the Reformatory and Refuge Union
174 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences, Accidental Deaths and Suicides, and Lunatics, reported by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants and Tinkers, apprehended in the County of Aberdeen; and Expenses and Number of Aberdeen Rural Constubulary with Crime Number and Statistics
175 - Printed Account of the Assessments of the County of Kincardine
176 - Printed note of the Acts of Parliament Relating to Reformatory and Industrial Schools and Suggested Regulations for the Management of the Reformatory at Oldmill
177 - Printed Account by the Prison Board for the County of Aberdeen of the Revenue and Expenditure
178 - Printed Letter from John Nutt of the Reformatory and Refuge Union
179 - Printed Editorial on Scotch Juvenile Refuges Part II
180 - Printed Editorial on Scotch Juvenile Refuges
181 - Printed Editorial on Scotch Juvenile Refuges
182 - Printed Plan of industrial Exhibition held by the Reformatory and Refuge Union
183 - Printed List of Dress Worn at the Exhibition of the Industrial Work of the Reformatories and Refuges
184 - Printed Aberdeenshire Rural Constabulary General Order on Classes, Pay and Stations of the Constables
185 - Printed Aberdeen Constabulary Memorandum on Poachers
186 - Note of New Appointments to East Lothian Police and size of area policed
187 - Printed Annual Return of Crimes and Offences, Accidental Deaths and Suicides, and Lunatics, reported by the Rural Constabulary Force, County of Aberdeen; Convictions; and Numerical Return of Vagrants and Tinkers, apprehended in the County of Aberdeen; and Expenses and Number of Aberdeen Rural Constubulary with Crime Number and Statistics
188 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
189 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
190 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
191 - Printed Account by the Prison Board for the County of Aberdeen of the Revenue and Expenditure
192 - Printed Report of the Chaplain of the House of Correction at Usk, Monmouthshire
193 - Printed County Prison Board Notice of postponement of a meeting
194 - Printed Returns of the Crimes, Offences, &c., Reported to and by the Perth County Police
195 - Printed Returns of the Crimes, Offences, &c., Reported to and by the Perth County Police
196 - Printed Memoranda Relative to the Intermediate Convict Prisons in Ireland
197 - Printed Memorial on the Claim of Ragged Industrial Schools to Government Support, presented by the Directors of the Edinburgh Original Ragged and Industrial Schools
198 - Printed Memorandum Regarding the Formation, Organization, Establishment, Instruction etc, of Volunteer Corps
199 - Printed Minute of Meeting of General Committee of the County of Aberdeen Concerning Formation of Volunteer Rifle and Artillery Companies
200 - Printed Report Respecting the Prisons in the County of Aberdeen
201 - Printed Heads of Bill for Regulating the Licensing of Public Houses in Scotland
202 - Printed Volunteer Rifle Corps for Aberdeenshire Poster

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