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April 24, 2008: Searching Libraries for a Hanged Quaker
"Casey’s research included the state archives where she found documents including a preserved letter from Dyer’s husband, William, pleading the court not to hang her. In the letter, Dyer’s husband, begged the court to consider her 'inconsiderate madness,' from which Casey took the title for her book of poems."
