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[Edward Capern, 'the Postman Poet' and 'Devonshire Burns'.] Autograph Letter Signed to the poet William Kingston Sawyer, thanking him for a photograph and book of his verses ('Ten Miles from Town').

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Edward Capern (1819-1894), 'the Postman Poet' and 'Devonshire Burns' [William Kingston Sawyer (1828-1882); Edward Litt Leman Blanchard (1820-1889); Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874)]
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Rock Villa Harborne, Birmingham. 27 August 1869.
£220.00

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper. Addressed to 'My Dr Sawyer'. He begins by thanking him for the photograph: 'Whenever I look on it - and I shall do so often - I shall be reminded of the fourth gentle poet who did all he could to make a few pleasant hours for a humble brother <?> during his short sojourn in the great metropolitan maze of this England of ours'.

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[Admiral Henry Richard Glynn, Royal Navy.] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'Henry Richard Glynn') to Col. Alexander Campbell of the Board of Excise, describing his straitened circumstances and reluctance to come to London to assist his brother.

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Admiral Henry Richard Glynn (1768-1856), Royal Navy; Mayor of Plymouth, 1838; Admiral of the Blue, 1846 [Col. Alexander Campbell (1776-1844) of the Board of Excise, London]
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Both from Bideford, Devon. 12 and 13 June 1823.
£90.00

Both items in good condition, on aged paper with a slight bloom. Both on bifoliums, each with the reverse of the second leaf carrying the address, including two postmarks (one apiece from Bideford). Both docketted by Campbell. ONE: 12 June 1823. 1p., 4to. With red wax seal of a face in profile.

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