Abstract This collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Mr. Harry Paddock, a lawyer and land speculator who spent most of his life in Mankato. The collection contains his personal and business correspondence from 1890 to 1930. Two of the main topics are the selling of lumber from Mr. Paddock's lands and land speculation near Walker, Minnesota, an area that was being considered for the site of a sanitarium. Also included are some miscellaneous business receipts, transcripts of court...