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Weeping over a Young Woman in Poems and Courts
A long fragment recounts a mourner’s tribute to a deceased woman with romantic verse. It then shifts to tales of legal life in Dutchess County, describing Judge Crane and a stormy journey to court, with a humorous tavern scene, a landlady, and a shawl gift amid court tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pwadge Grane
Shomly
Frat
Crane
Poughkeepsie
Aya
Enid
Rome
Anya
Sheriff's
Fosty
Garitlemen
Betty
John
Fudge Crane
Ioan
Gil
Sang Gu
Hesteney
At & Mend
Tina
Goma
Crone
Judge Crave
Aha
Judge Crane
Hera