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A letter from Ella Young (1867–1956) to Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929). In this letter, written on 9 August 1916, she reports on the collection of signatures for the reprieve of Roger Casement (who was hanged for treason on 3 August, having been arrested on the eve of the Easter Rising) and includes a list of petitions by location. She comments that there could have been many more petitions circulated if there had been more slips and more workers available. Ella Young, was a poet, republican, and mystic actively involved in the Celtic Revival. Alice Stopford Green was an Irish historian and nationalist. While not a supporter of armed rebellion, her house provided a space for leading nationalists to meet. Stopford Green had collaborated with Roger Casement on Congo Reform and, after the Easter Rising in 1916, she tried to save him from execution
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