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Autograph Note Signed ‘Edward Capern’, to “My dear Bennett””, asking for his name to stand on the Longfellow Committee List. 1 page 4 x 7 inches, fine. Harborne, 1882. Edward Capern (1819 – 1894),”the rural postman of Bideford” was an English poet, best known for The Devonshire Melodist and Wayside Warbles. He built up a strong reputation that persisted particularly in his native Devon.