The execution of Baird and Hardie – the question of decapitation
One of the most unsettling items in the bundle of letters held at the Archives is a memorandum on the subject of how best to go about removing the head […]
John Baird
The Execution of Baird and Hardie – Finding an executioner
Authorisation to Alexander Littlejohn, Town Clerk of Stirling to engage an executioner for the execution of Hardie, Baird and Clelland, 30th August 1820. Stirling 30th August 1820 We hereby authorise […]
The Radical Uprising of 1820 – The execution of John Baird and Andrew Hardie
Over the next few weeks, we are going to be blogging documents relating to the execution for treason of John Baird and Andrew Hardie, the two weavers who were identified […]
The Radical Uprising – 5th April 1820
On the 5th April 1820, tensions were rising in the local area. Andrew Baird and John Hardie had been given their instructions by Duncan Turner the previous day and had […]