Manuscripts Collection
Hanford Lennox Gordon was born in Andover, New York on December 30, 1836, and died on November 13, 1920. He came to Minnesota in 1857, and settled in Clearwater. In 1861, he enlisted in the First Minnesota Regiment, but he left soon after due to health problems. He then went on to practice law in Monticello and St. Cloud, where he also served as the register for the U.S. land office there. Following this, Gordon lived in Minneapolis for a number of years, then moved to Los Angeles, California. He is the author of several books of poems, many of which relate Minnesota.
Accession number: 1783A; 1787A4; 1911A; 1915; 3450; 6779.
Catalog ID number: 001733318
Some of Gordon's correspondents include James H. Baker, William Colvill, C.W. Davis, Ignatius Donnelly, William W. Folwell, William H. Grimshaw, General W. S. Hancock, Archbishop John Ireland, William Lochren, Knute Nelson, Cyrus Northrup, Alexander Ramsey, and others.
Contains handwritten annotations by the author.
The first scrapbook is dated 1878-1883 and the second is dated 1884-1907. They also contain handwritten notes by Gordon.