1837 - 1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] WRITING TABLETS BY NOTED IOWA POET - 50 YEARS OF WRITING

On offer is a super archive of five writing tablets of which two [2] tablets contain an autobiography and the other three [3] contain historical/diary notes and observations and original poems all handwritten by noted Iowa poet Rev. Francis Emerson Judd dating from 1837 to 1887. The Rev. Judd is listed under Iowa Authors at the University of Iowa as well as in Des Moines. We believe he was originally from Quebec, Canada and immigrated to Brooklyn, Iowa where he served as a minister. Research suggests the poems from these tablets do not appear in the published works. The five tablets are full and all painstakingly handwritten with penciled corrections etc. There are a few pages dedicated to his vocation as a minister, meeting the bishop, traveling to Mt. Pleasant, and a very special poem dedicated to the Bishop on his 25th Wedding Anniversary. Included is the inside Title Page from his published work: "The Owls, Eve, and Other Poems", published in 1888, by Webster & Burkart, Marshalltown. VG. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Hand Written, Personal, Americana, Memoir, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, letters, document, documents, manuscript, manuscripts, writers, writer, author, Holograph, personal, Americana, IOWA , POET, POETRY, IA, DES MOINES, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY,